At the University of Ife students are prepared for positions of leadership in infant and junior schools. Training in the production and use of audiovisual aids is an important part of the program.

A massive growth of the economy has fueled a continuing crisis in providing adequately trained professionals for Iran. One answer has been the creation of the Free University of Iran. Local Centers will form a network modeled after the British Open University. (Author/BD)

Describes a series of films and radio programs produced by the BBC and the British Council which show practicing teachers at work in three African and three Asian nations. (BD)

Presents conclusions and suggestions regarding teacher development in developing countries based on common sense, research, and experience. Discusses teacher and school conditions, teaching methods, and improving conventional teaching. Concludes that teacher development projects should not provide universal recipes for all schools and all…

This directory of African teacher-training colleges assisted by UNESCO and the United Nations Development Program (Special Fund) is intended to aid the exchange of information on the organization, trends, and current problems of teacher education. The following headings are used for each of 24 colleges in 22 countries: general information;…

A select bibliography on education for rural life is presented in this book. Except for a few cases, materials were chosen from those published in 1965 and later. Major topics are rural education policies, planning, and economics; organizational and curricular aspects of primary schools, secondary schools, higher agricultural education, adult…

This article reviews research from developing countries on the effect of teacher credentials on student achievement and the cost-effectiveness of distance education. Major research findings are summarized. Selected abstracts of current publications and a brief annotated reference list are presented. (Author/MT)

A description of how television was used in Colombia to inform science teachers of the principles that lie behind the new methods of science teaching. (HB)

In the Amazonian jungle of Peru 240 Indian leaders representing 20 different South American Indian language groups are successfully teaching their own people to read and write, first in their mother tongue and then in Spanish. (Author/EB)