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Perraton, Hilary – 1984
This handbook discusses the use of distance education for teacher training and examines the case for and against distance teaching; its organization; the development, production, and distribution of distance-teaching materials; tutoring and counseling; and the monitoring and evaluation of finance and resources. Distance teaching is defined as the…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, Correspondence Study, Costs
Peer reviewedHalliwell, J. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1987
This discussion of the merits of radio as a medium for distance education focuses on the 1982 Radio Education Research Project in Jamaica, which was developed to provide continuing education for rural primary health care workers. The potential future role of radio with education in developing countries is evaluated. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Continuing Education, Costs, Developing Nations
Download full textAgency for International Development (IDCA), Washington, DC. Bureau of Science and Technology. – 1983
Research on the role of educational radio in the classroom sponsored by the Agency for International Development over a ten-year period in Nicaragua, Kenya, and the Dominican Republic is reviewed. An introductory section outlines the reasons for using radio for instructional purposes: (1) it is widespread and democratic; (2) serious radio use is…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Costs, Developing Nations
