This examination of international distance education and open university applications of communication satellites at the postsecondary level notes activities in less developed countries (LDCs); presents potential models for cooperation; and describes technical systems for distance education, emphasizing satellite technology and possible problems…

Describes development and population education and the need for them in U.S. school systems. Discusses the theory of demographic transition and examines Indonesian family planning and population education. Concludes development and population education offer U.S. citizens a deeper understanding of their place in an increasingly interdependent…

Discusses the developments of the Regional Population Education Program of the Unesco Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific during the period 1984-87. Discusses new projects, technical assistance activities, national capabilities, and new program thrusts. (TW)

Folk tales and indigenous material can be used as a resource when developing teaching technology for poor women in India. (JOW)

Examines the types of employment children are most frequently engaged in, the risks involved, earnings, relationship between work and school, and the constraints on the exercise of their rights. Discusses initiatives underway to protect child workers, meet their needs, and formulate government policy. (JOW)

Description of Atenea, the Spanish National Project for Computers in Education, focuses on the use of computer simulation and modeling in elementary and secondary education. Highlights include system dynamics, training courses for teachers, a microcomputer-based software package called System Dynamics Simulator for Education (SDSE), and a list of…

Argues that geographic studies, especially local patterns of production and land use, must appear in a larger perspective. States that the problem is how to link local geographies with a complex, internationalized, global, political economy. Examines the problem in discussions of food and famine, ecological degradation, and population growth in…

Describes functions of Sahel Documentation Center established at Michigan State University (MSU) in September 1976, with support of grant from U.S. Agency for International Development to Department of Agricultural Economics, MSU Library, and MSU African Studies Center. Filming of the collection and its contents, including U.S. government…

Noting that few western social scientists have been allowed to enter Tibet, this article describes the 5-month experience of 2 United States anthropologists. Included are 5 photographs of nomads, a description of the research conditions, and a collection of observations and tentative conclusions about these highland peoples (JDH)

Barriers that hinder development of cooperative arrangements among libraries in Costa Rica are identified by studying librarians' perceptions of obstacles. A ranked list of barriers shows that the most important obstacles are related to administration and governance, absence of guidelines, poor public relations, and a limited number of…

This article presents eight letters written by young South Africans which describe what they think United States students should learn about their country. (JDH)

This article presents a brief account of some of the new directions that manpower planning has taken in recent years viewed primarily in the light of activities undertaken by the International Labour Office technical cooperation program in this field. (Author/CT)

Suggests five criteria (media attrributes, costs, usability, serviceability, availability) to be used to assess justifiability of use of different types of high technology instructional media (HTIM) in Nigerian schools. Principal reasons for HTIM preference are outlined, and development and use of low technology instructional media to supplement…

Provides summaries of four discussion groups that examined (1) differences in international training among the various fields of engineering; (2) training needed for working productively in third-world countries; (3) training needed for industrialized countries; and (4) needs of industry in the future in the field of international training. (JN)

Knowledge production and distribution in India are described. Specifically discussed are textbooks, authors, radio and television, and India's ties to the international knowledge network. Even though it is a third world country, India has some independence and autonomy with regard to knowledge production and distribution. (RM)