This publication reports on the Third Regional Consultation Meeting on the Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development, which was held by UNESCO in Bangkok January 19-24, 1976. Purpose of the meeting was to review the progress of the Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) since the 1975 meeting in Tokyo and…

A topical outline for courses in administration for managers of information services, and a set of guidelines for designing and implementing these courses are included in this manual for those responsible for planning, developing, and offering management training programs. Key elements in presenting and developing management skills of information…

This essay describes the relationship of population to the overall development process and is based on a special university lecture given at the London School of Hygiene in February, 1974. The contents include discussions of population trends, reasons for the population explosion, the structure of populations, development inequalities,…

The main objectives of this meeting held in Brazzaville, People's Republic of Congo from July 5 to 10, 1976 were to examine recent efforts made by African Member States to plan and develop their national information systems (NATIS), and make recommendations for the creation of networks of documentation and library services adapted to the rapidly…

The paper addresses the recommendations of the First Caribbean Conference in Mental Retardation held in Jamaica (1970) which have not been implemented in most territories. Focus is placed on adaptation of existing curricula in teacher education to include course work and practica opportunities in special education. Attention is also given to the…

This book is designed to meet the needs of experts working on curriculum planning and evaluation throughout the world, with special attention to the needs of developing countries. It presents both a model for curriculum evaluation and practical guidelines for evaluating new instructional materials. Part 1 contains a single chapter that briefly…

The use of video taping as a technique to bring villagers into meaningful communication with each other and with government leaders is discussed. Three pilot projects are described: (1) a United Nations funded project in Rajasthan, India; (2) a Tanzanian project involving several villages; and (3) the Skyriver, Alaska project. As demonstrated by…

There are three crucial communication links required for the successful transfer of technology in rubber smallholder programs: (1) from smallholder to program planners and managers, (2) within the administrative organization, and (3) from the planners and managers to the smallholders. All three links must be functioning adequately in order to…

This publication focuses on the role and training of front-line development workers (paraprofessionals). It describes the non-formal education approach to their training and to the learning which they facilitate among their neighbors. Several pages are devoted to brief project descriptions illustrating some of the ways in which development…

This newsletter addresses the problems of educating youth for employment in developing nations. The Project Highlights is described in detail and other programs are reviewed. Included is a selective bibliography of case studies and reports pertaining to nonformal youth education internationally. (SL)

Learning in community schools is not solely book learning but is practical and related to the environment. Some related assumptions are that the school can be an instrument of social change and the community is the teaching laboratory. Case studies of some community schools in the United States, the Philippines, and Africa indicate that they…

This report describes the activities of the Radio Mathematics Project of the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences (IMSSS) during the 1974-75 fiscal year. This project is funded by AID for the purposes of (1) developing and testing a cost-effective system of radio instruction in elementary mathematics for developing countries,…

Asian universities are facing problems of maturing institutions. Having built up their resources, they must now find means of sustaining these resources and of matching their capacities more closely to Asian needs. This process is complicated by the status of many Asian universities as hybrid institutions largely based on Western models. As useful…

This monograph compares the advantages, limitations, and liabilities of videotape recording, 16mm, and 8 systems with special consideration to their deployment in the tropical conditions that prevail in Bangladesh. The first part of the text is a comparison of the three systems. Both video and film systems are discussed in terms of their technical…

Prepared for the government of Iran, the report is the result of a study concerned with the recruitment and employment of foreign workers. Due to the rapid industrialization of Iran, an anticipated shortage of qualified workers led to the government's request for an outside expert to advise on considerations and suggested procedures involved in…