Author describes her experience teaching music appreciation via radio to mothers of preschool children. (Author/JB)

Discusses educational use of communications satellites by developing nations. Various ways of utilizing telecommunications and information systems are viewed as means to assist attainment of potential international educational, economic and social growth. (JM)

Outlines the strategy adopted in conducting seminars in Scottish Colleges of Education on the value of educational broadcasting (television and radio) in pre-service education of teachers. The effectiveness of the seminars is evaluated, and the conclusion is reached that they encourage the effective utilization of broadcast resources in teacher…

Reports some responses to a national survey concerning the broadcast activities of high school students. (JL)

Argues that too much of the wrong kind of research has been carried out, using inappropriate methods, and proposes a framework for investigating the effectiveness of educational media. Twenty-seven references are listed. (LLS)

The Radio-Assisted Teaching in the Elementary Schools (RATES) project conducted a two-year exploratory study to assess the effectiveness of tape-assisted instruction in large elementary school classes in the Philippines. Subjects were students in grades four-six studying communication arts in Pilipino, their native language. Eight references are…

This article reports an experimental study of the impact of textbook availability on mathematics achievement of students in Nicaraguan first-grade classes. This intervention is compared with control classes in which textbooks are rare and with a radio-based instructional program using student worksheets. (Author/GK)

Analyzes a segment from the Austrian radio series "Grammar with a Smile," dealing with the future tense. Criticizes the dialog as not true to life and lacking in motivating power. Ends with suggestions for alternatives. (IFS/WGA)

Radio France International, the Alliance Francaise, and the Hachette publishing company have collaborated to develop an instructional radio series linking the broadcasts with published instructional materials. Considerations addressed in the program's development are discussed. (MSE)

Discusses Poland's Radio and Television University for Teachers (NURT), a research unit (Institute of Teacher Training) in the field of in-service education and teacher training. Examines the elements and functions of NURT's teaching system; describes efforts to modify the system; and discusses teachers' assessments of NURT's methods. (GEA)

Describes a 24-hour commercial radio station simulation class project for eighth-grade language arts. Students wrote their own scripts, chose music and were disc jockeys on their own music and talk shows, and prepared news and traffic reports. Guest speakers from actual commercial radio came in to discuss issues such as advertising, censorship,…

Discusses the use of a campus radio station for English language instruction at East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai, China. Reviews the purpose of radio instruction, the types of programming available, audience response, existing problems, and possible future developments. (six references) (MDM)

Discussion of the development of educational radio programs highlights one particular program, "Kid's Corner;" introduces a method to identify and classify the attributes from the radio program; discusses those attributes which were shown to relate to children's judgments of appeal of the program; and suggests implications for…

A process of developing and testing an instructional methodology called interactive radio instruction (IRI) was begun in 1986 in order to improve the quality of primary school mathematics in Bolivia. When the development phase was complete and implementation well under way, management of the resultant Radio Learning Project (RLP) passed from the…