"This review of the literature on educational radio covers reports on research from many areas of the world. Prepared as an internal report for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and Educational Radio and Television (ERTV), it was intended to provide a basis for both fruitful discussi
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ons and more specific and practical local research. The topics reviewed are organized under seven major headings: (1) The Functions of Broadcasts (the potential of radio); (2) Ideas That We Can Implement (understanding radio, health education programs, pre-school children, learning to listen, and disabled children); (3) Educational Radio Formats (open broadcast, open broadcasts with print, radio campaigns, radio school, radio forum farms, the radio animation groups, radio-vision, and interactive radio); (4) Educational Radio Style (in holding children's attention, program presentation, learning materials, "interactive" radio, and humor); (5) Educational Radio Management (cost control, systematic instructional development, distributed learning, research design, formative evaluation, summative evaluation, research in ERTV and SABC, organization and utilization in SABC); (6) Educational Radio Target Audience (teenagers and young adults, children, the teacher's role in infant and primary schools, role of parents, the teacher/radio partnership, Radio Teacher Training Programme, and radio audience); and (7) Radio Classroom. Brief descriptions of several educational radio programs that were presented in a series from January to April 1974 are appended." (ERIC ED304096)
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"This book is addressed to those who wish or who have to write educational programmes for radio. Its aim is to point to ways and methods of writing appropriate material for radio. It reviews various radio formats: Non-dramatic ones like announcements, reports, commentary, talk, interviews, etc; and
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dramatised programmes: features and plays. This edition replaces previous ones ("Handbook for Scriptwriters of Adult Education Broadcasts", published by FES in 1969, 2 vol.) and is based on workshops for scriptwriters of adult education broadcasts conducted by the author in Tanzania and other countries for more than 20 years." (Publisher description)
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"This manual shows one way of running a radio learning group (RLG) Campaign in all its main aspects. It is designed for use by campaign organisers and for teachers, administrators, planners and anyone else who may be intereseted. We also hope it will be used by students of Adult Education as a case
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study of the management of non-formal education. The contents are based on experience gained in Botswana." (Introduction)
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"In spite of disappointing experiments there is a growing range of examples of systems which exploit educational technologies, including many in the developing world. Some may have been introduced for reasons of fashionable interest — some have certainly been introduced as acts of faith, as commun
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ication is a field which attracts very devoted adherents. But experience on the ground has revealed a large number of media possibilities, embracing a variety of educational needs and objectives.
Much of the text is devoted to four short case studies, covering the use of radio for extended learning in the Dominican Republic; qualitative improvement of mathematics teaching in Nicaragua; community action involving radio in Tanzania; and the experimental use of satellite broadcasting in India. Explicit in the booklet's title is the use of communication media for low-income countries, with a critical eye to cost considerations. But it is interesting, and not at all surprising, to see that the focus of the studies, in all cases but that of India, is upon radio rather than television, as a lower-cost broadcasting alternative. More than anything, this reflects a situation in which technological choice is made more directly than hitherto in relation to overall educational planning and financing, paying special attention to criteria of cost-effectiveness, even though these are more flexibly interpreted than in the past. The focus of the booklet is therefore upon the potential of educational technologies as correlated with specific educational policy objectives: in extending educational opportunity; improving the quality of teaching and learning; developing rural areas; and — still a fluid sphere — the increase of participation. What is emphasized, above all, is the need for careful planning and analysis in association with educational specialists from many fields, to envolve media systems and applications which are coherent and which do not exceed the financial possiblities of the country." (Preface, page 9)
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"This monograph, addressed to literacy workers in the rural areas of the Third World, offers practical suggestions for establishing literacy programs based on radio production. Topics discussed include the following: reasons why radio is effective in reaching large numbers of learners; the audience-
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-their basic needs, attitudes, and preferences; program planning and development; production and distribution; effective use of the radio, including prebroadcast activities and follow-up games and puzzles to expand basic skills; maintenance of literacy skills for new literates and inservice programs for field workers; evaluation and effective feedback; and sources of information on mass media in adult education." (https://eric.ed.gov)
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