THIS DOCUMENT DISCUSSES STATEWIDE METHODS OF IMPROVING THE DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS. THE AUTHORS PRESENT A HISTORICAL TREATMENT OF NEW YORK STATE'S AUDIOVISUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, AND THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY ABOUT MOTION PICTURE EQUIPMENT AND FILM USE. THE REPORT ALSO DEALS WITH (1) THE GENERAL HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF…

Reports on the experimental format of the current educational television program "Sesame Street . (LN)

Discusses the National Literacy Mission (NLM) launched in 1988 in India. Notes the barriers to successful campaigns for literacy in India. Describes the reasons for the particularly successful campaign in the state of Kerala, including the fact that it was in every sense a people's campaign. (SR)

In the developing countries of the world, Nigeria and Ghana especially have consistently been battling with large enrollment of students into the institutions of higher learning. The attendant problem of the traditional instructional delivery system that poses a serious challenge to the 21st century educational development therefore needs…

Considerable research has been conducted on the topic of entertainment-education (EE), the method of using entertainment platforms such as popular music, radio, and television programming to diffuse information, attitudes, and behaviors via role modeling. A significant portion of the recently published EE literature has used the case of the Radio…

Background/Context: Conservative jurists and scholars have reached the conclusion that the traditional separation of public funding from religious organizations in K-12 education was "born of bigotry," and inherently anti-Catholic. This claim rests on the misuse of revisionist historical interpretations that emphasize ethno-cultural…

A question-and-answer interview with the director general of the Independent Broadcasting Authority giving his views on educational broadcasting in Great Britain. (HB)

This issue is devoted to discussions of world literacy and national programs which comparative studies indicate may be used as models for future UNESCO international campaigns. Individual articles explore economic incentives for literacy motivation, radio learning projects, media programs in Jamaica, literacy improvement in Somalia, and a…

This report on sports and physical education in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is based on visits made to that country, as well as personal interviews. Sports and physical education held a minor place in Russian society prior to 1917, but with the onset of communism, the fundamental credo became that sports and physical education…

An exploratory study of the contribution to learning of typical introductory and summarizing sequences in instructional films underlined the need for further experimental work to determine what kinds of introductory and concluding sequences are most useful in promoting learning from films. The first part of the study was concerned with film…

The author argues that there should be a system of public enlightenment to build an information bridge between global problems and the private individual. This concept is analyzed in accordance with information and value aspects. Guidelines for this educational enterprise are discussed. (Author/CH)

The Total Literacy Project of Ernakulam District, India, sought to improve the skills of nearly 190,000 low-literate people through a mass campaign with 20,000 trained volunteers and thousands of local literacy centers. Its success was due to cooperation of government, nongovernment, and local agencies. (SK)