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Six papers describe use of the radio for in-school and out-of-school formal education in this first volume of working papers on how radio can and is being used for education and development. Part one on in-school education contains: a Nicaraguan project to teach mathematics to first grade children (including curriculum, materials, teacher activities, problems, and envisioned solutions); an evaluation of the radio schools of Tarahumara, Mexico, begun by Jesuit missionaries in 1955, geared...

The Kikuyu seminar, third in a series of international meeting on the use of comparative studies as a tool of adult education, focused on the application of the comparative approach to developing countries, particularly Africa. Essential components of the structure of adult education were divided into main sectors, which are individually discussed within the document: (1) goals of adult education; (2) content of adult education; (3) providing agencies; (4) administration and finance; (5)...

Programs from abroad represented at the January, 1975 Multinational Workshop on Adult Education (Washington, D. C.) included: Rural Reconstruction Movement (Philippines); Nonformal Education for Rural Women (Andhra Pradesh, India); Accion Cultural Popular (Colombia); Village Polytechnic Centers (Kenya); CONCORDE (Honduras); National Adult Education Plan (Tanzania); Functional Literacy and Family Life Planning Program (Thailand). (Author/EA)

The six descriptive position papers were prepared after selection for the Multi-National Workshop on Basic and Functional Education for Adults. Those selected are significant innovative programs of adult education in other countries that may have direct applicability to improving program practices in various parts of the world. The six programs described are: Adult Education in Tanzania; A National Movement; The Functional Literacy and Family Life Planning Project (Thailand); Accion Cultural...

The Bureau Regional pour L'Education en Afrique (BREDA) survey, published partly in French, assembled data on the activities of adult education institutions in Africa in order to identify and develop future regional documentation centers. This draft copy of the survey is the first step towards improving international collaboration among documentation centers serving adult education. The survey was formulated through personal staff visits, questionnaires, and studies of the documentation...

Proceedings presented are from a specialized seminar on adult education held in conjunction with the 22nd Assembly of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP). Statements from three countries are presented relating the seminar theme, "Devising Strategies for the Effective Education of Adults in the Developing Countries," to their countries: from Kenya, Ambrose A. Adongo; from Ghana, T. A. Bediako; and from Nigeria, J. C. S. Kong-Doomahbey. A brief statement...

Emphasizing the need to increase literacy among older people in rural areas in Kenya, the author points out that these people have already demonstrated their ability to learn in other skill areas and suggests approaching literacy by way of vocational skills or help in developing small businesses. (SA)

In preparation for the Third World Conference in Adult Education, the chaptrs of this report are based on Unesco's questionnaire. It is, therefore, not an exhaustive account of the period 1960-1970. The report discusses the following topics: National Education System; The Board of Adult Education; Financing; Methodology; and Personnel for Training of Adult Education. Three appendixes present Publications Pertaining to Adult Education Published during the Decade; Members of the Board, 1971;...

This dictionary is written for students who are learning Swahili as a second language. The 1,837 words that are defined in it are words likely to be encountered by a primary school student in East Africa who is learning Swahili. Most of the English words in the definitions have been taken from among the English words taught during the first four years of the English courses currently in use in Kenya primary schools. In addition to the definitions, typical sentences are included as well as some illustrations. (AMH)

Information obtained in a survey of the uses of radio and television in connection with literacy work in 40 countries of the world is presented. Much of the information consists of replies to Unesco questionnaires on the subject. The countries surveyed were: Algeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Republic, Upper Volta, Zambia, Cuba, Guatemala,...

This series of illustrated texts in beginning Swahili is a project of the Language Section of the Curriculum Development and Research Centre of the Ministry of Education, Nairobi, Kenya. The course is designed specifically for children who begin the study of Swahili as a second language in Standard (Grade) 4. Students' texts consist of Volumes 1 (in two parts), 2, 3 and 4, accompanied by Teacher's Books 1, 2, 3, and 4. All material in the Students' Books appears in Swahili; in the Teacher's...

The conference aims for primary school social studies teaching are: 1) to create an awareness and an understanding of the evolving social and physical environment as a whole, together with the rational use and conservation of these resources for development; 2) to develop a capacity to learn and to acquire basic skills together with the skills of observation, analysis, inference, and critical thinking; 3) to insure the acquisition of relevant knowledge essential for personal and value...

The article discusses the history and evolution of bilingualism in education in Kenya. Apparently, the Kiunguja dialect of Swahili is used extensively, usually as a contact language between members of different language groups. But at the same time, usage of the English language has also increased and has become the primary language of Central Government, of the law, of banking and of industry and commerce. With the use of the vernacular languages and Swahili and English provided evidence on...

TWENTY-THREE ABSTRACTS AND ANNOTATIONS OF RECENT (1962-67) PUBLICATIONS ON ADULT EDUCATION IN AFRICA ARE PROVIDED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY. EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND POLICIES AND SPECIFIC NATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS IN ETHIOPIA, TANZANIA, KENYA, MALAWI, ZAMBIA, RHODESIA, AND NIGERIA ARE FEATURED, WITH COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, MANPOWER NEEDS, LITERACY WORK, LEADERSHIP TRAINING, UNIVERSITY EXTENSION, CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM PLANNING, THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS AND EXTENSION AGENTS, AND...

The aim of this conference was to stimulate joint action among organizations involved with adult education in east and central Africa, as well as publishers, journalists, librarians and book distributors; it focused on the problems of keeping people reading and improving their ability to read in any language. Opening addresses covered reading skills, problems of getting books to the people, and problems in cooperation. Participant papers discussed literacy work in the Sudan, Ethiopia,...

The questionnaire presented here was designed to be administered to a representative sample of Ethiopian children enrolled in primary and secondary schools. Responses to be elicited pertain to --(1) personal use of language in several domains of speech behavior, (2) use of language by others in situations which the respondent has had an opportunity to observe, and (3) personal history. See related document AL 001 282. (AMM)

A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE FEASIBILITY OF CANADIAN ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPING NATIONS IN THE WORLD LITERACY CAMPAIGN. NEEDS FOR SPECIALIZED PERSONNEL, MASS MEDIA SERVICES, LITERATURE BUREAUS AND LIBRARIES, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, AUDIOVISUAL AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, AND PROVISION FOR TEACHER EDUCATION, WOMEN'S EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WERE IDENTIFIED. RELEVANT CANADIAN PROGRAMS OF OVERSEAS AID BY BOTH GOVERNMENTAL AND NONGOVERNMENTAL BODIES (INCLUDING UNIVERSITIES) WERE...

A LITERACY HANDBOOK PREPARED BY THE WORLD CONFEDERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION INDICATES THE WAYS IN WHICH TEACHERS' ASSOCIATIONS, TRADITIONALLY CHILD-CENTERED, CAN EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE IN ADULT EDUCATION. A 1966 CASE STUDY ON THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, AND WCOTP SURVEYS CONDUCTED DURING 1965 IN KENYA AND THAILAND, SUGGEST THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS OF DEVELOPING NATIONS CAN AND SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING AND COORDINATING...