While there is much in overtly noninstructional films for sociological use, a course constructed solely around films did not produce a significant improvement academically, although student interest increased. An appendix outlines the topic areas covered, reading materials for each area and films shown. (KM)

Supporters of educational television cite impressive statistics to document the claim that ETV is a success. However, the movement is a failure largely because educators cannot accept the new technology. (DS)

Dissidents have made our society aware of its capacity for political responsiveness and social change, and the need for a radical change in higher education. (IR)

The history of the literacy campaigns in Nigeria is the story of attempts made to focus on the importance of education outside the school walls and to make it a vehicle of social, political, and economic change. (Author/SK)

The liberal arts college is felt to have made higher education impersonal, its organizational structure defeating the educational aims it purportedly serves. Higher education is seen as bureaucratization of the individual, with standardizing effects and narrowing of intellectual vision and social insight. (Article originally published in 1949.)…

A variety of instructional methods for preservice amd in-service teacher education, including those utilized by the Church Missionary Society, are described and evaluated. (LH)

In this article, the author discusses the nightmare educators face due to the No Child Left Behind Act meaning of "highly qualified" teachers. But for NCLB, highly qualified doesn't necessarily mean good, for them it means the teacher took the right number of subject-area courses in college and is teaching only those subjects. And that,…

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…

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…

Following a presentation of some of the more important reasons why Wisconsin needs a statewide educational television system, principles are suggested as a basis for planning such a system. Guided by these principles, and in consideration of the needs which would be served, a plan is proposed for the development of a statewide educational…

These selected readings are designed for teachers, media specialists and administrators interested in effective methods of planning, designing and implementing individualized instruction programs. Sections deal with 1) problems encountered in making the transition from group to individualized instruction; 2) several established and sucessful…

Argues that Calvinism has been a major influence on higher education in America. General headings: The Inflation of Higher Education; From Pluralist Elitism to Mass Egalitarianism; The End of Calvinist Discipline; Calvinism and Academic Freedom; Calvinism and Vocational Education; and The Bureaucratization of Higher Education. (DB)

Outlines policy development in British colonial education; examines influences on post-war colonial education policy; looks at community education practice; examines how the work of adult educators was affected by the post-war world; and reflects on the lessons of the study. (JOW)