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Kassam, Yusuf O. – Literacy Discussion, 1975
The paper examines the suitability and effectiveness of the radio study group campaigns. The radio programs combine written study materials and group discussion under the guidance of a trained study leader. Ideological and pedagogical rationales, educational impact, coordination of resources, cost, and its success with illiteracy are discussed.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Discussion Groups, Educational Radio
Hall, Budd – Adult Education, 1973
Traditional university adult education is seen as catering for the elite in contrast to a university radio study group campaign which proved far more effective in reaching the less well educated and financially insecure rural inhabitants of Tanzania, and which promises to help break down social strata rather than reinforce them. (Author/KP)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Discussion Groups, Educational Radio
Hall, Budd L. – Literacy Discussion, 1975
This paper is based on the evaluation of the Tanzanian education campaign called "Man is Health." It reviews the genesis of the campaign, objectives and organization, training system, examples of the groups at work, preliminary findings, and other significant aspects of the total effort. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Discussion Groups, Educational Radio
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Hall, Budd L. – Community Development Journal, 1974
Based upon the success of three smaller radio study campaigns, a program for a preventive health campaign was planned to directly improve the lives of Tanzania's rural inhabitants. Elements in the campaign included: a national coordianating committee, radio programs, printed materials, trained study group leaders, leader's manuals, and…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Radio, Foreign Countries, Health Education
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Hall, Budd L. – Convergence, 1974
The objectives, target group, publicity methods, training procedures, leader recruitment, financing, activities, and program evaluation of a radio study group campaign in Tanzania are described. (AG)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives
McAnany, Emile G.; Mayo, John K. – 1980
This booklet discusses, in the context of low-income countries, a series of planning issues bridging education and communication. The planning issues include the democratization of educational opportunity, the quality of instruction and learning, the impact of education through technology on rural areas, and the participation of people in their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communications Satellites, Community Action, Cost Effectiveness
Siaciwena, Richard, Ed. – 2000
This document contains seven papers from a study of the role of distance learning approaches in enhancing the contribution of nonformal education to socioeconomic development in Africa. "Introduction" (Richard Siaciwena) presents an overview of the research project and defines key terms related to nonformal education. "Ghana: The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Agricultural Education, Basic Skills