Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK--Japan Broadcasting Company) is the only public service broadcasting organization in Japan. It is financed entirely with receivers' fees paid by television and radio set owners. NHK conducts a variety of educational broadcast activities. Two services provided by NHK are the Gauken senior high school correspondence program…

Papers presented at a conference organized by the Indian University Association for Continuing Education of India and the University of Madras are reproduced in these proceedings, as are case studies relating continuing education efforts in seven countries and Hong Kong and Singapore. The papers are as follows: "The Necessity and Strategy for…

The 1972 WEST conference report represents a cooperative project of the Western Educational Society for Telecommunications and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Media and Technology. The conference featured discussions of public television, instructional television, cable television, national educational radio, and national public radio, educational…

Representative democracy is unlikely to persist for long in its present state of instability. Unless we move forward into a more participatory democracy we may find our government increasingly bland and manipulative, brutish and tyrannical. The fundamental question about television is how it can help the growth of participatory democracy. We need…

Administered by the 21-member School Community Council (SCC), the Fort Gay-Thompson Urban/Rural project attempts to involve both school personnel and community representatives in the planning of the community's educational program. The project's major goals are to develop and implement comprehensive staff training, and to combine efforts of staff…

This handbook endeavors to provide information and advice to noncommercial broadcasting stations on how to perform ascertainment studies in conformance with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations. Additional suggestions are made to enable stations to obtain in-depth information about community needs, wants, and interests. The…

Describes evaluation methods currently in use by the BBC's advisory councils and by external researchers in collaboration with them. (BR)

The BBC's French educational programs are valuable for classroom use. Use of worksheets with essay questions, filling in blanks in a passage, and writing equivalents of phrases can test pupils' comprehension. Tape copying is discussed, and a sample worksheet appended. (CHK)

Describes a computerized database for children's radio and television, which contains detailed information and evaluations of children's programs and public service announcements currently on the air or available on cassette. Information on access to the system, subscriber and search costs, and a contact for further information are provided. (CLB)

This paper investigates the use of mass media in distance education in Nigeria in order to provide suggestions for its effective use during the 21st century. Distance education programmes, especially those of the Universities of Ibadan and Lagos are examined. These two institutions made bold and commendable efforts. However, while print media…

The primitive conditions existing in rural Ecuador created unique problems for the University of Massachusetts project attempting to develop educational tools for the area. Author describes the approach taken and the learning devices which were produced. (Author)

Describes Britain's Open University, an arrangement whereby higher education is provided via the broadcast media on a mass basis, with no admissions criteria and allowing for flexible scheduling of courses taken by the student, and leading to an undergraduate or graduate degree. (AN)

Discussed are the conference's "three main aspects: (a) defining the role of radio and television in rural areas at both school and adult levels; (b) studying the adaptation of programme method and content in the rural context; (c) examining the training of broadcasters for educational purposes. (Author/LS)