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Peer reviewedSanderson, Heath – Education in Rural Australia, 1998
The Broken Hill School of the Air provides distance education to isolated rural students in the far west of New South Wales (Australia). Services include correspondence study, radio lessons, home visits, and minischool meetings. A student teacher describes his 10-week experience with Broken Hill, teaching 15 students in grade 5-6. (SV)
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Distance Education, Educational Radio, Elementary Education
Download full textMutanyatta, Johannes N. S. – 1992
This paper describes the characteristics of Botswana's remote area dwellers (RADs) and the government's related rural development policies. RADS live a nomadic lifestyle, live outside the traditional village structure far from basic services, rely heavily on hunting and gathering, have low levels of literacy and little access to education, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Correspondence Study, Distance Education
Perraton, Hilary; And Others – 1983
The five papers in this volume examine the methods, costs, and effects of traditional agricultural extension services and basic education and about the use of mass media for extension and education. The first paper, a literature review regarding the effectiveness of agricultural extension, reports that extension agents' studies of internal…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Case Studies
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1958
A comparative study is presented from the results of a questionnaire on rural education submitted to 71 countries. Information is given on administrative organization, criteria used to determine rurality, rural-urban differences, special courses for rural areas, curricula for rural education, staff distribution and preparation, and centralization…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Administrative Organization, Centralization, Comparative Analysis
Federation of Rocky Mountain States, Inc., Denver, CO. – 1975
The Federation of Rocky Mountain States and the Satellite Technology Demonstration project (STD) have collaborated in an effort to provide low cost information delivery to rural areas of the Rockies. Though the goals and the financial support of this joint effort were initially confused, sites have now been selected, the communications technology…
Descriptors: Audiences, Career Education, Citizen Participation, Communications Satellites
Federation of Rocky Mountain States, Inc., Denver, CO. – 1975
The goal of the Satellite Technology Demonstration project (STD) was to show the feasibility of a satellite-based media system for isolated, rural populations and to test and evaluate user acceptance and the cost of various delivery modes using a variety of materials. The STD amalgamated the resources of government, health, education, and…
Descriptors: Audiences, Career Education, Citizen Participation, Communications Satellites
Syracuse Univ. Research Corp., NY. Educational Policy Research Center. – 1975
A report on the Education Satellite Communication Demonstration (ESCD) describes activities of the evaluators during the first quarter of 1975, including staff trips and site visits and activities of various staff members. A calendar of future events in satellites, telecommunications, and education is included, with revision on dates and new…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Community Development, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Kimmel, Paul; And Others – 1971
In order to appraise the usefulness of instructional television (ITV) as the core component in instructional systems designed to meet the special needs of the educationally disadvantaged children of migrant farm workers, American Indians, and the inner-city poor, a study was made of the use of ITV programs to meet similar needs in other countries.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Correspondence Study
International Inst. for Adult Literacy Methods, Teheran (Iran). – 1977
This bibliography contains references to literacy education evaluation reports and evaluation method descriptions. The 161 entries are from around the world and some are in French or Spanish. The references cover a wide range of topics and include evaluation reports on programs in adult basic education, family planning, educational radio,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Bibliographies
Hoxeng, James – 1973
Operating under the philosophy that people can learn from each other, the Nonformal Education Project trained 24 Ecuadorian campesinos in seven rural mestizo villages to instruct their peers in basic litaracy skills, negotiating techniques, and the development of self-esteem. Within a year of operation some of the original "facilitators"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Change Agents, Community Development
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Inst. for Educational Leadership. – 1976
Provided is the transcript of Part II of a five-part series on gifted children in the schools, presented by Options in Education -- a weekly radio broadcast devoted to coverage of news, features, policy, and people in the field of education on National Public Radio. The program focuses on the topic "Can You Really Tell a Gifted Child When You…
Descriptors: Creativity, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Vergeldt, Vicki; And Others – 1983
Materials concerning the use of radio and mass communications for non-formal education and development are listed in a selected annotated bibliography, intended for those actively involved in non-formal education and development. Three sections contain annotated entries (which range from 1972-1983), each of which includes source information and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Developing Nations, Educational Radio
Alarcon, Hernando Bernal – 1978
Educacion Fundamental Integral (EFI) is an educational process which aims to help Colombia's rural population to improve their living conditions. EFI adapts to the concrete circumstances of the person in his own environment. Objectives of EFI are to make the rural people: responsible for the work necessary for their own development; work together;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Daily Living Skills
ABELL, HELEN C. – 1965
IN 1964-65 THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA, IN COOPERATION WITH UNESCO AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, CARRIED ON THE FARM RADIO FORUM PILOT PROJECT IN 80 VILLAGES IN GHANA TO TRANSMIT INFORMATION AND STIMULATE RURAL SELF-HELP ACTIVITIES. IN 20 VILLAGES ONE FORUM LISTENING GROUP WAS ORGANIZED, 20 VILLAGES HAD TWO LISTENING GROUPS, 20 CONTROL VILLAGES WERE…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attitude Change, Communication Skills, Educational Radio
Conboy, Ian – 1986
During 1985 the Education Department installed two-way radios in 44 remote secondary schools in Victoria, Australia, to improve turn-around time for correspondence assignments. Subsequently, teacher supervisors at Melbourne's Correspondence School sought ways to further augument audio interactivity with computer networking. Computer equipment was…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs
