This evaluative national survey begins with a brief historical review of Australian adult education, followed by its current (1968) profile and features of the overall educational system. The next six chapters consider the role played by universities, Federal and state governments, the Workers' Educational Association and other voluntary…

A project in Washington, D.C., used classroom radio as a language arts tool to solve some of the classroom problems (i.e., lack of materials dealing with ghetto children, classroom discipline problems, and the inability of those unable to speak standard English to learn to read and write) which prevent disadvantaged, dialect-speaking children from…

The arid areas of the world, especially the Middle East and North Africa, need to develop an educational system that is attuned to the needs of the people in order to improve human and institutional competencies required to solve social and economic problems. Since arid areas have special characteristics, it is necessary to find applicable…

The SACI project in Brazil has as a main target the country's primary teachers. The SACI Project objectives are: (1) to test the efficiency of an educational program using audiovisual media (particularly television, radio, and slow scan) at the primary level; (2) to develop television production techniques; (3) to train teachers in the utilization…

The British Open University is described in the first section of this paper as a multi-media system for teaching at a distance. Details are provided on the texts and other materials mailed to the students, the radio and television broadcasts provided by the British Broadcasting Company, and on the auxiliary sources of assistance offered to the…

Two authors discuss educational technology innovations, costs, and effectiveness. Sidney Tickton summarizes the CIT report of 1969-70 and new data highlights from the present study. He recommends that government agency sponsors of technology projects demand cost and result information and comparative studies with other systems presenting identical…

Provided is the transcript of Part I of a two-part series on education for the handicapped, 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. Issues in special education, such as mainstreaming, implementation of Public Law…

Provided is the transcript of Part II of a two-part series on education for the handicapped, 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. Such issues in special education as mainstreaming; implementation of Public Law…

Provided is the transcript of Part III of a five-part series on gifted children in the schools, presented by Options in Education -- a weekly radio broadcast devoted to coverage on news, features, policy, and people in the field of education on National Public Radio. The topic "What to Do with the Gifted Child at School" is covered with…

Identifies core of India's illiteracy problem and describes use of educational technology to educate rural children. Highlights include descriptions of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) project; motivation behind low-cost educational aids development in rural areas; an educational radio pilot project; and development and…

Notes that although much has been written about widening access to recurrent education during the 1970s, much less has actually been done. Identifies the educationally and socially deprived and states the problems which educational broadcasting could help to overcome for these groups. (Author/CSS)

The purpose of this book is: to set the historical development of British adult education in its wider policy and ideological context; to examine its various forms and formulations; and to identify what purpose or purposes it has served. The 16 chapters are as follows: "Historical and Political Context" (Roger Fieldhouse); "The…

Results of a survey of 91 innovative state humanities projects are presented, and the literature and theories about how adults learn are summarized. The representative sample of 91 public humanities projects are covered in alphabetical order. Most of the projects were selected because of their good humanities content and their success in…

An internal report of Educational Radio and Television (ERTV), the South African Broadcasting Corporation, this literature survey is designed to provide a basis for specific practical, local research in areas such as curriculum analysis, target audience research, research on listening habits, availability of the medium, cost analysis, and…

A questionnaire developed in six languages--English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Spanish--was mailed to more than 1,500 organizations known by the FernUniversitat in West Germany to be connected in some way to distance education, correspondence education, or home study. The study was undertaken as a response to the lack of systematic…