THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING WAS TO DEVELOP COOPERATIVE ACTION IN ASIA IN THE FIELD OF AUDIOVISUAL AIDS IN EDUCATION, BASED ON THE WORK OF EXISTING NATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL SERVICES AND DOCUMENTARY FILM UNITS AND TO CONSIDER COOPERATION BETWEEN THESE SERVICES AND UNITS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL FILMS. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA WAS…

The main features of international regulations on radio communications of the International Telecommunication Union are summarized and the possible effects on these regulations of the World Administrative Radio Conference of 1979 (WARC-79) are discussed in this paper. It is noted that while the international radio regulations are regarded as…

This brief article describes the author's experiences producing an ETV series in Ghana on general science. The series was based on a previously prepared Two Year Introductory Science Syllabus, using television to present experiments and demonstrations that would have been difficult or impossible to bring to the classroom. (LS)

American Samoa provides our country's educators with the opportunity of observing an educational system that effectively employs many of the principles of comprehensive reassessment and change that are only being talked about in the United States. Of particular interest to the group of educators whose visit is described in this article were the…

The celebration of International Book Year in 1972 provided an impetus to increasing the number of people who read throughout the world. Four themes for that program were the promotion of the reading habit, development of book production and distribution, promotion of books in the service of education and peace, and encouragement of authorship and…

This preliminary survey was designed to explore the possible use of students as teaching resources in the developing countries. In carrying out the survey, available literature was reviewed, visits made to selected ongoing projects in the United States, and interviews conducted overseas with indigenous educational researchers in Ghana, Sierra…

The International Extension College (IEC), which exists to make knowledge available to the Third World about distance teaching and its relevance, is discussed. So far most of the work of the IEC has been in Africa. By setting up three colleges, and working with others it has begun to show how distance teaching with the use of print materials,…

This program strategy in education, revising and updating the earlier version of June 1971, focuses on strategic aims, plans and efforts in four areas concerning education and human resources. Emphasis is upon specific strategies for the four priority problem areas covering educational technology, non-formal education, educational finance and…

For a report on a two-year Peace Corps project designed to implement educational television (ETV) in Colombia, the persuasive and defense arousal effects of several kinds of appeals that might be used to persuade Colombian teachers to adopt new teaching practices were investigated. Subjects, who were 100 Colombian public primary school teachers…

This report is based on the findings of two inquiries of administrators and faculties at Ceylon's six Junior University Colleges. It represents an attempt to evaluate the first term success in meeting certain stated objectives. The inquiries concerned the areas of (1) preparing students for manpower positions, (2) preparing students for manhood,…

This study of 416 African Education Research (AER) projects was conducted to: (a) provide information on current studies by Africans on African education; (b) provide a framework for critical analysis of research based on a classification of the issues; and (c) provide a listing and discussion of continuing research resources which would aid…

The Asia-Pacific Conference on Libraries and National Development aims to join positively in national modernization and to promote international cooperation by studying and talking about how the libraries in other friendly nations contribute to their countries' development. The 35 delegates from 10 countries engaged in discussions on the role of…

The manual is a compendium of ideas, techniques, and procedures regarding book and library activities that have been formulated and tested in developing countries during recent years, primarily in the 1960's. The body of the manual is divided into two main parts. Part One provides general background on needs and practices. Part Two describes…

This study focuses on the training of students from the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America in a special institution in the Soviet Union established for the purpose, the Peoples' Friendship University. Since its founding in 1960, this unique institution has been the subject of considerable interest among educators and others…

The papers presented at a one day workshop on the aspects of comparative librarianship are presented in this volume. The topics discussed are: (1) Methods and Evidence in Comparative Studies; (2) Social Change and Library Development; (3) Library Development in Latin America, a Scalogram; (4) Cross-Cultural Aspects of Assistance to Developing…