The role of television in meeting the need for higher education in Iran is discussed. Topics covered in the first chapter include impact on a typical curriculum, transition characteristics, television production techniques, cost effectiveness, additional applications, and centralization or duplication. The second chapter presents a planning…

Largely as a result of inadequate research and periods of rapid reform and social development, many educational innovations in Iran have been introduced through political motives. They rarely brought about significant changes in the conceptual framework, methodology, or basic principles of education, but rather modified its operation. The author…