This article presents an overview of the importance of foreign assistance as an instrument for educational change. It considers American assistance to Indian engineering institutions as a case study of educational transfer. (HMD)

A discussion of why educators are in control of educational television in Hong Kong. (HB)

Based on remarks before a Round-Table of the Whole, 1968 Annual Meeting, Association of American Law Schools (New Orleans, December 28, 1968).

Adapted from a paper presented at the Kumasi Conference on Engineering Education (Africa, July 1967).

Two papers examine proposed programs for the disabled in developing nations of Asia and practical drawbacks to integrated education for handicapped pupils in developing countries. The first paper contrasts government rehabilitation policy and planning in Asian countries with the strategies currently advocated by international organizations in the…

This report details a series of Unesco sponsored surveys, on the developing newspapers in rural Africa, that explored (1) the conditions conducive to the establishment and continuity of rural newspapers; (2) sources for training rural journalists; (3) the use of research; and (4) ways and means of using to advantage the varied resources already…

This checklist brings together the bulk of the materials relating to libraries and librarianship in Papua New Guinea, including several that have not been identified previously. The 121 citations for papers, reports, and periodical articles published between 1961 and 1977 are listed in chronological order. Excluded are newspaper reports, official…

THE METHODS DESCRIBED IN THIS HANDBOOK CAN BE ADAPTED FOR USE IN ANY LANGUAGE WHICH CAN BE WRITTEN PHONETICALLY. CHAPTERS COVER THE VALUE OF ADULT LITERACY, HISTORY OF THE ALPHABET, HISTORY OF METHODS OF TEACHING READING AND WRITING, PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING, SOUNDS AS SYMBOLS, LESSON CONSTRUCTION, LETTER CONSTRUCTION, THE METHOD OF TEACHING…

Generalizing from his experiences in educational television in Uganda, the author argues that in developing nations, where resources are slim, educators who have the opportunity to use television should not expend their limited time and money trying to reach a nonexistent audience, but rather should concentrate on reaching the audience that is…

The need for a symposium on computer education for developing countries has been present almost since the birth of the first electronic computer. This premise is based on the facts that a computerized society has the potential for making giant strides in development, and that computerization demands a major commitment of both the financial and…