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2. Population Dynamics and Educational Development: A Selection of Papers Presented at the Regional Seminar of Experts on Population Dynamics and Educational Planning (Bangkok, Thailand, September 10-18, 1973).
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. and United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania.
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A selection of papers on Asian population trends and educational development is presented in four parts. Part I defines the major components of Asian population growth as the rapid decline in mortality after 1945, relative increases in the population of less developed regions, accelerated fertility potential, and unequal distribution of wealth. Education is characterized by unequal opportunity and a high dropout rate in primary grades. Part II views rapid population growth as an obstacle to progress and discusses the shortage of capital, the employment dilemma, rising costs of services, social development, and the difficulties of setting educational priorities. Case studies are presented which focus on educational expansion and equality in Japan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand, and Singapore. Part III focuses on rural-urban migration and highlights the problems of this migration with case studies of India, Japan, and Indonesia. Part IV discusses the need for educational innovation and suggests that planners redefine educational objectives more democratically. This section discusses international cooperation in education, radical policies for rural areas, local input into the educational system, and the importance of family planning. A selected bibliography is included. (Author/DB)
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- 1974
3. ACTIVITIES OF THE DIVISION OF SCIENCE TEACHING OF UNESCO. PAPER PRESENTED AT THE AAAS MEETING, DECEMBER 26, 1967, NEW YORK.
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BAEZ, ALBERT V.
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A PAPER PRESENTED TO THE SECTION ON EDUCATION (Q) OF THE 1967 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE ANNUAL CONVENTION, THIS DOCUMENT DISCUSSES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DIVISION OF SCIENCE TEACHING (DST) OF UNESCO. INCLUDED ARE DISCUSSIONS OF (1) THE OVERALL PROGRAM BUDGET, (2) AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF DST AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE EDUCATION SECTOR OF UNESCO, AND (3) A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT OVERALL PROGRAM AND PROJECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE. THE PRESENT PROGRAM IS DESCRIBED UNDER ITS FOUR MAIN PARTS (1) COLLECTION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, (2) PILOT PROJECTS ON NEW APPROACHES AND MATERIALS FOR THE TEACHING OF BASIC SCIENCES, (3) OTHER ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE TEACHING OF THE BASIC SCIENCES AT UNIVERSITY AND POST-GRADUATE LEVELS, AND (4) STIMULATION OF INTEREST IN SCIENCE. SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS BEING CARRIED OUT UNDER EACH OF THE FOUR MAIN PARTS ARE DISCUSSED AND THE PRIMARY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AFFECTED ARE INDICATED. A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE PROVISION OF MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS INCLUDED. (DS)
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- 1967
4. DEVELOPING MASS MEDIA IN ASIA, PAPERS OF UNESCO MEETING AT BANGKOK, JANUARY 1960. REPORTS AND PAPERS ON MASS COMMUNICATION, NO. 30.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).
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IN ASIA, THE MOST POPULOUS REGION OF THE WORLD, THE COUNTRIES SUFFERING MOST FROM POVERTY AND ILLITERACY ARE ALSO THE POOREST IN COMMUNICATION FACILITIES. PROGRAMS ARE NEEDED TO DEVELOP NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL CIRCULATION, NEWS AGENCIES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, RADIO BROADCASTING, FILMS, AND TELEVISION. JOURNALISTS NEED TO BE TRAINED IN ALL THE INFORMATION MEDIA. LOCAL LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED, READER PREFERENCE IN MAGAZINES SHOULD BE DETERMINED, LOW-COST RADIO RECEIVERS SHOULD BE PROVIDED, HIGH PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO DEVELOPMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES, NATIONAL NEWS AGENCIES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED AND SHOULD COOPERATE. GOVERNMENTS SHOULD ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN INDUSTRIES NECESSARY TO THE INFORMATION MEDIA. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS 1605.B FROM NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS OF UNESCO PUBLICATIONS OR FROM THE MASS COMMUNICATION CLEARING HOUSE, UNESCO, PLACE DE FONTENOY, PARIS-7E, FRANCE, FOR $1.50. (MF)
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- 1960
5. Human Welfare and Technological Innovation. Open Grants Papers No. 2.
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Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. East-West Center., Hayashi, Yujiro, Hayashi, Yujiro, and Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. East-West Center.
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This publication on human welfare and technological innovation contains two sections. The first section examines the objectives and functions of technological innovation while the second section discusses the direction and analysis of technology transfer between Japan and other nations. Subtopics within the first section include: (1) characteristics of technology, (2) human and environmental problems associated with technology, and (3) countermeasures to offset the problems of increasing technology. Section 2 contains five subtopics dealing with Japan's technology and its relationship to Asia and the world. These subtopics analyze problems stemming from the change in the industrial structure of Japan, examine Japan's role in the international division of labor and in the energy crisis, discuss the characteristics of Japan's science and technology and her relations with the United States and the industrialized nations of Europe, analyze relationships in the international division of labor in Asia, and discuss the need to develop a new scale for perception of environmental quality. (Author/DE)
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- 1974
6. SOCIAL EDUCATION THROUGH TELEVISION, AN ALL INDIA RADIO-UNESCO PILOT PROJECT. REPORTS AND PAPERS ON MASS COMMUNICATION, NO. 38.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).
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TELECLUBS, BECAUSE OF THE NOVELTY OF TELEVISION, WERE SO POPULAR THAT OVERCROWDING, AS WELL AS UNEVEN ATTENDANCE BY CLUB MEMBERS, AFFECTED THE GOAL OF EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF TELECASTS ON CITIZENSHIP. GREATER SUCCESS WAS REALIZED IN BRINGING ABOUT SHIFTS IN INFORMATION THAN IN ATTITUDES, PERHAPS, BECAUSE THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP STARTED AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF ATTITUDE THAN INFORMATION. THE MEMBERS WERE MOSTLY LOWER MIDDLE CLASS AND MALE, WITH A HIGH REPRESENTATION OF PROFESSIONALS. A BASELINE SURVEY AND A TERMINAL SURVEY OF 20 CLUBS AND THEIR 418 MEMBERS MEASURED THE IMPACT OF 20 SPECIAL TELECASTS. A SUPPLEMENTARY GROUP PARTICIPATION ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE WAS GIVEN TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF THE NUMBER OF FRIENDS THE MEMBERS HAD IN THE TELECLUBS ON THEIR ATTENDANCE, PARTICIPATION, AND RESPONSE. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS B.1922 FROM NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS OF UNESCO PUBLICATIONS OF FROM THE DIVISION OF FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION, UNESCO, PLACE DE FONTENOY, PARIS-7E, FRANCE, FOR $0.50. (MF)
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- 1963
7. RADIO AND TELEVISION IN THE SERVICE OF EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA. REPORTS AND PAPERS ON MASS COMMUNICATION, NO. 49.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).
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PLANNING AUTHORITIES IN THE COUNTRIES OF ASIA SHOULD PLAN TO USE THE WIDE, INSTANTANEOUS RANGE AND INTIMATE APPEAL OF BROADCASTING TO LIFT THE LOW LEVELS OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, PRODUCTIVITY, INCOME, MOTIVATION, AND NATIONAL INVOLVEMENT OF THEIR PEOPLE. IN PLANNING FOR ITS USE IN FORMAL EDUCATION, THEY SHOULD ANTICIPATE NEEDS IN SCHOOL-BUILDING DESIGN, TEACHER EDUCATION, AND UNIVERSITY-TYPE BROADCASTS. IN PLANNING FOR INFORMAL EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LISTENING CLUBS AND TELECLUBS SHOULD BE PLANNED FOR AND RECEIVERS MADE AVAILABLE. PROVISION SHOULD ALSO BE MADE FOR TRAINING IN EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AND FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF PROGRAMS. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS B.2266 FROM NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS OF UNESCO PUBLICATIONS OR FROM THE DIVISION OF FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION, UNESCO, PLACE DE FONTENOY, PARIS-7E, FRANCE, FOR $1.00. (MF)
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- 1967
8. VISUAL AIDS IN FUNDAMENTAL EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, REPORT ON THE UNESCO REGIONAL SEMINAR IN SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA HELD IN NEW-DELHI, INDIA 8-27 SEPTEMBER 1958. REPORTS AND PAPERS ON MASS COMMUNICATION, NO. 27.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). and THAPAR, ROMESH
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SUCH TRADITIONAL VISUAL MEDIA AS VILLAGE PLAYS, PUPPETRY, AND SHADOW PLAYS CAN BE CREATED LOCALLY WITH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BY THE LEARNER AND USED EFFECTIVELY IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT. OTHER VISUAL MEDIA, SUCH AS FILMS, CAN BE BEST PRODUCED NATIONALLY IN VISUAL AIDS CENTERS IF GOOD COMMUNICATIONS ARE MAINTAINED WITH THE FIELD WORKERS AND IF AN AWARENESS IS KEPT OF SOCIAL SETTINGS AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. FILM SOCIETIES WITH WELL-STOCKED FILM LIBRARIES CAN HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF DISTRIBUTION. SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION WITH BASELINE SURVEYS, PRE-RELEASE TESTING AND CONTROL GROUPS IS ESSENTIAL. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS OF UNESCO PUBLICATIONS OR FROM THE DIVISION OF FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION, UNESCO, PLACE DE FONTENOY, PARIS-7E, FRANCE, FOR $0.75. (MF)
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- 1959
9. Symposium on Southeast Asian Library Resources. Papers and Proceedings.
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Australian National Univ., Canberra. Library.
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These are published presentations of the symposium in Canberra, Australia. The first major paper is a survey of Southeast Asian Studies in Australia since 1945. Other papers include: a review of progress of the Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographic Services survey of Southeast Asian resources in Australian libraries; current and future Southeast Asian research needs; procurement of library materials from Southeast Asia by the National Library, Monash University, and libraries in the United Kingdom; a concept of a Southeast Asia reference and bibliographical center. There were comments and discussion following most of the papers. The culmination is a discussion of possible future action. "Recollections on Southeast Asian Studies and the Library of Congress" by Cecil Hobbs is appended. (LS)
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- 1973
10. Chinese Dialects in Southeast Asia. Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 7 No. 4.
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Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Dept. of Linguistics. and Leok Har Chan
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This paper discusses the dialects of the Chinese people who have settled in various countries of Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Burma, Thailand, Laos, North and South Vietnam, and the Khmer Republic. Data are first given regarding the area in general. The data are then broken down according to individual country. The information includes the percentage of Chinese living in each country, the dialects of Chinese spoken, the number of speakers per dialect, and observations on some of the dialects. Maps are included showing the geographical distribution of the various dialects in each country. (CFM)
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- 1974
11. Management Education in Southeast Asia.
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Regional Inst. of Higher Education and Development, Singapore. and Hoong, Yip Yat
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Management needs in Southeast Asia are the focal points of a workshop held in Penang, March 1972, by the Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development. Following the opening statement concerning these needs, the discussions at the workshop and a background paper, "Developing Management Competence," are presented. (MJM)
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- 1972
12. In Search of Population Policy: Views from the Developing World.
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National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC.
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This report examines what people in the developing countries think about population policy--a topic that is emerging as a subject of critical concern to governments of those countries. In 1973, five seminars were held in different parts of the developing world. Each seminar was limited to 20-25 participants selected from five to nine countries. The participants received a set of questions which focused on four topics concerning population: (1) Population Problems, (2) Population Policies or Responses and Their Effects, (3) Policy Administration: Actors and Constituent Groups, and (4) Policy Options. The participants were asked to write a brief memorandom in response to the questions. The memorandum was to serve as a common point of departure for discussion and to prepare the participants to examine population policy in a broad context. All five seminars followed an agenda based on the questions. At the end of each seminar, participants were asked to complete an evaluation questionnaire. Most participants said that they had gained a broader understanding of population policy. This book contains an introduction, the results of the five seminars: South Asia Seminar, Middle East Seminar, Latin America-Commonwealth Caribbean Seminar, Africa Seminar, and Southeast Asia Seminar, a summary, and committee reflections. (TK)
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- 1974
13. Rural Renaissance--A Perspective and a Process.
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Axinn, George H.
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If the path to a better rural life is to be a change preferred by the rural people involved, recent world experience would suggest that it must be a change born from within the given rural social system, be controlled by its beneficiaries, and be integrated into the larger system of which it is a part. Such a perspective and such a process might be labeled "rural renaissance", for as perspective, it gives priority to the view of the farming family, and as process, it draws initiative and energy from that same family. Rural renaissance, then, may be defined as the marriage between traditional patterns (values, norms, technologies, and behavior) and those innovative patterns which result in the birth of change. Since values and beliefs vary from one social system to another, interaction between a rural renaissance stimulation system (outsiders) and a rural renaissance acquisition system (insiders) should facilitate positive change, if consideration is given by both outsiders and insiders to questions of appropriate organization, doctrine, leadership, programs, resources, and linkage systems. The larger rural renaissance stimulation system, then, would be a world wide network of interacting people who are able to learn from each other in the universal quest for improvement of the human condition. (JC)
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- 1974
14. Alternatives in Education: A Regional Practicum.
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Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (Singapore). Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology.
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This document contains ten working papers on educational alternatives, which were presented at a regional conference attended by 24 educational decisionmakers from eight Southeast Asian countries. The papers touch on such topics as the systems approach to alternatives, alternative objectives, the technology of education, alternative teaching methods, curricular alternatives, evaluation of alternatives, in- and out-of-school alternatives, and a regional approach to the development of alternatives. Also included is a report on a simulation held at the conference in which the participants planned an educational system for a fictitious Southeast Asian country. The appendixes include the program schedule, a list of participants, the opening addresses, and a press release about the conference. Summaries of all papers can be found at the beginning of the report. (DN)
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- 1972
15. Strategies for Curriculum Development in Southeast Asia. A Seminar. Final Report.
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Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (Singapore). Regional Center for Education in Science and Mathematics.
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The main body of this document consists of papers that were presented at the seminar. The document also includes an outline of the seminar proceedings, a list of participants and staff members, a list of the organizing committee, and several reports of the findings and recommendations of the seminar working groups. Papers presented by guest speakers and staff cover such topics as the problem of education in Southeast Asia, teacher education, areas of priority in curriculum development, programed instruction, a systems approach to curriculum development, educational goals, teaching science to children, the mathematics curriculum of the future, and curriculum development in the United Kindgom. Papers presented by the delegates to the convention deal with strategies for curriculum development in their respective home countries. These delegates represented Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Khmer Republic, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. (Photographs may reproduce poorly.) (DN)
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- 1972
16. University Cooperation and Asian Development.
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Asia Foundation, New York, NY. and Pierson, Harry H.
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The objectives of this conference sponsored by The Asia Foundation were: to explore the contribution universities can make to Asian society and development; to identify new opportunities for regional and international educational cooperation; and to gain deeper insights into Asian needs and thus to assure that planning is addressed as effectively as possible to those needs. Texts of the 2 principal addresses, 9 papers delivered by guest participants, statements of the Foundation panel and summaries of the panel discussion make up this volume of Proceedings. The papers deal, both generally and specifically, with patterns and aspects of university cooperation in relation to Asian development. (JS)
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- 1967
17. Role of Universities in Management Education for National Development in Southeast Asia.
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Regional Inst. of Higher Education and Development, Singapore. and Hoong, Yip Yat
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The role of universities in management education for national development in Southeast Asia was the focus of two workshops held in Singapore. Proceedings of these workshops are categorized according to applications of business management skills and techniques in government and business; desirable attributes of a manager/development administrator; curricula implications in management education for present and future needs; issues and problems in the provision of continuing education for developing management needs; and developing management competence. (MJM)
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- 1972
18. Polyvalent Adult Education Centres. Final Report of the Asian Regional Seminar on Polyvalent Adult Education Centres.
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Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, New Delhi (India). and United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).
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The Asian Regional Seminar on Polyvalent Adult Education Centers, held during September, 1971 in Bombay, was attended by individuals representing United Nations agencies, Afghanistan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Phillippines, Singapore, South Vietnam, and Thailand. Seminar objectives included evaluating the Bombay Polyvalent Adult Education Center and examining the possibilities of using the Bombay experience in other Asian countries. A general report provides conference information and presents synopses of two papers regarding adult education centers in Yugoslavia and France: agenda paper number one, Polyvalent Adult Education Center: Structure and Organization--Indian Experience and its Evaluation; and agenda paper number two, Concept of Polyvalent Adult Education. Main seminar conclusions and recommendations are outlined by objective. Taking up over half of the document, appended material lists participants and presents summary texts of the following: two addresses to the inaugural session of the seminar; six messages sent to the seminar from around the world; agenda paper number one; "The Shramik Vidyapeeth: An Evaluative Study of Polyvalent Centre"; and agenda paper number two. (LH)
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- 1971
19. The Teaching of Hindi-Urdu in the United States: The State of the Art.
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Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. ERIC Clearinghouse for Languages and Linguistics. and Kelley, Gerald B.
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Many Western scholars consider Hindi and Urdu as a single linguistic entity. The author concedes that "in an important sense this is correct." Hindu and Muslim inhabitants of the same village behave like members of a single speech community. However, minor differences in the phonology, grammar, and lexicon are underscored by the differences in the writing systems, by which prose or poetry is identified. Hindi, which uses Devanagari script, is taught only at the college level in the United States. (Exceptions are the Peace Corps programs, no t included within the scope of this paper, and the Neglected Languages Program conducted by Boyd-Bowman from S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo.) Because Hindi has no history of traditional teaching practices, universities offering courses in Hindi utilize oral-aural approaches and emphasize competence in speaking. However, beyond elementary level, available materials are very scarce, and not well suited to students of social sciences. These situations apply also to Urdu, which uses Perso-Arabic script, and for which there is even less widely available regular instruction. Also discussed in this paper are needs of students in both of these language areas, overseas centers, summer and undergraduate programs, the writing systems, recommended teaching materials, research priorities, and the role of these two languages in South Asia. (AMM)
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- 1968
20. Rural Youth and Out-of-School Education in Asia. Report of a Regional Seminar (Tagaytay, Philippines, 30 September - 5 October, 1974).
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. and Wijetunga, W. M. K.
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Bringing together the thinking and practical experiences of Asian Member State representatives in the United Nations, this report on Asian rural youth and out-of-school education is derived from a 1974 seminar held in the Philippines. The seminar conclusions and recommendations presented emphasize the following: (1) Potential of Out-of-school Rural Youth; (2) Learning Needs (sensitivity to local environments, youth/community participation in needs identification, and program recognition of the importance of achieving attitudinal changes); (3) Planning Strategies (educational policy conceived as an integral part of total rural development which complements both in- and out-of-school populations); (4) Organization (program coordination to include a national policy making agency, coordination mechanisms at the provincial/district levels, and maximum use of existing local resources); (5) Training (local people to act as program "animators", developing locally productive skills and exploiting employment generation and economic returns); (6) Research (systematic exploration of attitudinal change, effective educational techniques, and cost-benefits); (7) Recognition of and Program Development for the Special Needs of Girls and Women; and (8) International Cooperation (information collection/dissemination and inter-country transfer of experiences, training opportunities, and methodology development). (JC)
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- 1974
21. Dialogue with Asia's Rural Man. A Report of the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia Workshop (DHRRAW) (Swanganivas, Thailand, August 4-25, 1974).
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Centre for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia, Manila (Philippines). and Ledesma, Antonio L.
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General objective of the workshop was to provide a forum for Asian rural leaders in which they could discern the significance and implication of crucial processes by which human potentialities are harnessed for the integral growth of rural peoples and communities. The central question addressed was how to combine economic growth with social justice; although the target economic growth rate (based on the Gross National Product) has been exceeded, the great mass of rural peoples in the Third World remains distressingly poor, undernourished, illiterate, and unemployed. Although it was felt that rural man can win participation in his own development when two other related goals of development are considered (economic growth and freedom), in Asia the interplay between these three essential factors remains one of conflict rather than of mutual reinforcement. Three central themes emerged: the role of government in development; the people as subjects of development; and participation as a strategy of human development. Under those themes, participants chose to further explore modernization, education and training, human settlements and land use, participation strategies, communication, and rural socio-economic structures and external systems. Representatives from 12 Asian nations participated; their national reports are included, as well as their blueprints for action and personal reflections. (BR)
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- 1974
22. Second Language Learning as a Factor in National Development in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Language Information Series, No. 1.
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Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA.
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The Survey of Second Language Teaching was conducted in 1959-1961 to investigate the nature and extent of the problem of second language learning in developing nations. This document summarizes the survey. It identifies the second language factor in national development, discusses the nature and extent of its problems and surveys the resources available to cope with the problem. English or French is often needed in developing countries for internal communication in multilingual areas, for transmission of science and technology and for international communication. The language situation in Asia includes: multilingualism, existence of one major national language, diglossia, low literacy, and the use of English and French as working languages and mediums of instruction. Africa is characterized by a multiplicity of languages and low literacy; English and French are often the languages of instruction and a means toward progress. In Latin America, a European language is the official language of each country, although Indian languages are widely spoken. The resources in second language education in major English- and French-speaking countries are also outlines. Recommendations are made concerning second language teachers, foreign students, linguistics training, educational coordination on domestic and international levels, individualized country plans, regional centers, teaching methodology and linguistic research. (CHK)
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- 1961
23. Continuing Education and Universities in the Asian and South Pacific Region.
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Papers presented at a conference organized by the Indian University Association for Continuing Education of India and the University of Madras are reproduced in these proceedings, as are case studies relating continuing education efforts in seven countries and Hong Kong and Singapore. The papers are as follows: "The Necessity and Strategy for Continuing Education in Asian Countries" by Raj Krishna, "Continuing Education and the University in a Developing Country" by J. E. Jayasuriya, "A Note on Continuing Education" by K. N. Raj, "The Role of University in Continuing Education" by V. V. John, "Programmes of Continuing Education in Universities" by B. H. Crew and S. C. Dutta, "Problems of Organisation, Finance and Structure in Universities" by Amrik Singh, "The Financing of University Adult Education in a Developing Country" by John Lowe, "Broadcasting in Continuing Education" by Laksiri Jayasuriya, "Continuing Education: A Challenge to the University" by A. J. A. Nelson. The countries reporting in the case studies are Australia, India, New Zealand, Phillippines, Papua and New Guinea, and Thailand. (DB)
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- 1971
24. The Social Responsibility of the University in Asian Countries - Obligations and Opportunities. Papers-12.
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International Association of Universities, Paris (France). and International Association of Universities, Paris (France).
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These papers discuss the obligations and opportunities resulting from the social responsibility of the university in Asian countries. Papers cover the university, language and national identity; the university, its graduates and the labor market; and the university, its innovatory role in society. (MJM)
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- 1973
25. Report of Korea/Seadag Seminar on Non-Formal Education. (Seoul, Korea, October 17-20, 1971).
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Korean Central Education Research Inst., Seoul.
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The purpose of the Korea/Seadag seminar was to advance the systematic development of nonformal education and to maximize the development of human resources. Specific objectives are related to evolving future programs of nonformal education in Korea and East Asia. The report focuses on participant discussions regarding the conceptualization, programing, planning, and research of nonformal education. Two alternative definitions of nonformal education were reflected: nonformal education as all educational activities other than conventional schooling and nonformal education as an educational function with characteristic attributes. Descriptive accounts of nonformal education programs in the Republic of China, Japan, Africa, Latin America, Korea, and the United States centered on environmental and system conditions and organizational and attitudinal factors affecting the educational process. Recommendations include: further discussions related to conceptual framework, increased private support in developing countries, preparation of highly qualified leaders on a worlwide basis, local planning, increased research (national inventories of private/public training programs and systematic studies of instructional outcomes and cost effectiveness), and the establishment of workable linkages between formal/nonformal education. Seminar program and list of participants is appended. (EA)
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- 1971
26. The Growth of Southeast Asian Universities: Expansion versus Consolidation.
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Regional Inst. of Higher Education and Development, Singapore. and Tapingkae, Amnuay
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The proceedings of a workshop on the growth of Southeast Asian universities emphasize the problems attendant to this growth; for example, expansion versus consolidation of higher education, and mass versus selective higher education. Papers concerned with university growth focus on various countries: Indonesia, Khmer Republic, Laos, Vietnam, Malasia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines. (MJM)
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- 1974
27. The Design of Multi-Purpose Science Laboratories for Lower Second Level Schools in Asia. Study No. 11.
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Asian Regional Inst. for School Building Research, Colombo (Sri Lanka). and Soderberg, B. H.
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The small size of many schools in the Asian Region would cause separate laboratories for chemistry and biology to be underutilized. In many larger schools the curricula include "general science," with contents from biology, physics, and chemistry. This paper describes multipurpose spaces for science activities sufficient for science teaching and learning in all three fields. The study deals with the analytical phase of the design problem, relates the initial analysis to the specific laboratory design problem, and applies it to two design situations. A multiscience laboratory design for Ceylon includes a storage unit, but no fixed services are needed or provided. The transport of equipment between the storage unit and the work stations is facilitated by the use of mobile service units that can be attached to the work tables in different positions. An integrated science laboratory design for Malaysia provides fixed services installed in fixed units, but with movable oak tables. (Author/MLF)
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- 1970
28. Book Publishing in Asia; Report on the Regional Seminar on Book Publishing (Singapore, 21-25 March 1969).
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Franklin Book Programs, Inc., New York, NY. and Singapore Book Publishing Association.
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The papers presented at a conference of book publishers from Asia, Canada and the United States are contained in this volume. The topics were: The Asian publisher: his problems and opportunities; The economic foundations of book publishing; The book in the context of nation-building; Publishing books for children; Publishing textbooks for elementary and secondary schools; Publishing problems needing the co-operation of government; Scholarly publishing: West to East; Publishing translations and co-editions of general and reference books; Producing English-language reprints of university textbooks and reference books; Publishing medical and scientific books; Successful book publishing--editing problems in Singapore; Successful book publishing--management. The seminar agenda, list of participants, a summary of the seminar, and the resolutions adopted are included. (SJ)
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- 1970
29. Locating West and South Asian Research Material.
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Harvey, John F.
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Although numerous outstanding research collections as well as able professional librarians exist in South and West Asia, many people find Asian libraries difficult to use. Often researchers need specialized data which is hard for them to locate in the limited time available. This paper's purpose is to provide practical suggestions for scholars about overcoming the difficulties of using Asian libraries. It is intended to assist researchers in all fields, including those working on dissertations, and is written to help them change a frustrating and disappointing year into one more rewarding. These remarks are applicable for those parts of Asia which the author has visited: India, Pakistan, eleven more moslem, one Hebrew and one Christian country extending West to the U.A.R. and North to Turkey--and for those researchers whose material location problems are similar to the Asian reference problems with which the author has already dealt. (LI 004244 through 004262 and LI 004264 through 004267 are related.) (Author/NH)
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- 1970
30. Conference on Access to Southeast Asian Research Materials: Proceedings. [April 28 - 30, 1970, Washington, D.C.]
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Hobbs, Cecil
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The delegates to this conference addressed themselves to the problem of determining the best courses of action for the improvement of access by researchers to library materials on Southeast Asia. This compilation which sets forth the deliberations of the conference is divided into three parts: the Conference Papers, the Discussion Sessions, and the Resolutions. The appendices provide the conference program and a roster of the conference participants. (Author/NH)
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- 1971
31. Curriculum Evaluation in Teacher Education in S.E. Asia, ICET-FEUM Conference Proceedings (Malaysia, Aug. 3-7, 1970).
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International Council on Education for Teaching, Washington, DC., Malaya Univ., Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)., and Wong, Francis
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This report contains the following papers presented at the conference: 1) "Evaluating the Needs of Teacher Education in Southeast Asia"; 2) "Studies in Microteaching: A Pedagogical Model"; 3) "Teacher Training in Indonesia as a National Problem"; 4) "Secondary School Teacher Education in Indonesia"; 5) "Curriculum Evaluation in Teacher Education in Malaysia"; 6) "Evaluation of Teacher Education Curricula"; 7) "Curriculum Evaluation in Teacher Education in the Philippines"; 8) "Objectives in Teacher Education: A Pre-Evaluation Task"; 9) "Relevance of Piagetian Theory to the Evaluation of Teacher Education Curricula"; 10) "Curriculum Evaluation in Teacher Education in Singapore"; 11) "Curriculum Evaluation in Teacher Education in Thailand." In addition there are short reports on five panel discussions and three group discussions. The three group discussions focused on the education of language teachers, science teachers, and social studies teachers, respectively. (RT)
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- 1970
32. National Planning of Vocational and Technical Training, 1972.
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Colombo Plan Bureau (Sri Lanka).
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This document contains the proceedings of the fifth of a series of seminars developed by the Colombo Plan Bureau to serve as a catalyst in the planning and development of skilled manpower in the Colombo region of south and southeast Asia. The seminars resulted from a realization that the shortage of technical and skilled manpower in the area is mainly due to the inadequacy of existing facilities and the lack of a well-planned program to meet manpower needs. Some 52 persons representing governmental agencies, the university, technical education, management development institutions, industry, and foreign experts attended the seminar. Discussions at the meetings centered around four working papers: (1) "The Basic Elements in a National Plan for Vocational and Technical Training" by G. Espinosa, (2) "Manpower Requirements in Planning Vocational and Technical Training in Nepal" by K. Tuladhar, and (3) "The Role of Industry as a User and Producer of Technically Trained Personnel in Nepal" by J. Shrestha. Texts of the main speeches, reactionary statements, names of participants, addresses given by other participants, and background information providing the framework for the seminar are included. (Author/SN)
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- 1972
33. Contemporary East Asian Civilization Resource Unit II, Grade 8. Providence Social Studies Curriculum Project.
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Providence Public Schools, RI. and Rhode Island Coll., Providence.
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GRADES OR AGES: Grade 8. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies, contemporary East Asian civilization. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The central part of the guide is divided into 11 subunits, each of which is laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and materials. Other sections are in list form. The guide is mimeographed and staple-bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: General objectives for the unit are listed on the first page. Each group of activities in the second column is related to a topic in the first column. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Each group of materials listed in the third column is related to one or more activities. In addition, four appendixes contain curriculum materials and a list of related books. STUDENT ASSESSMENT: A one-page section entitled "Evaluation" lists attitudes, understandings, and skills students should have by the end of the unit. OPTIONS: The guide is prescriptive as to course content and timing. Activities and materials listed are optional. (RT)
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- 1969
34. Civilizations. Curriculum Guide, Grades 8-12. Providence Social Studies Curriculum Project.
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Providence Public Schools, RI. and Rhode Island Coll., Providence.
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GRADES OR AGES: Grades 8-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies; civilizations. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into 12 chapters, most of which are in list form. It is mimeographed and staple-bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: No specific activities are mentioned. The guide is intended as an overview of the curriculum in grades 8 to 12 and, as such, contains lists of objectives, topics to be covered, and understandings and skills students should have learned by the end of the sequence. These lists are divided according to grade level. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: The last two chapters list materials for students, divided according to grade level, and reference materials for teachers. STUDENT ASSESSMENT: No mention. OPTIONS: The guide is prescriptive as to course content and timing. Optional activities are listed in the individual unit guides for each grade level. (RT)
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- 1969
35. Southeast Asia. Resource Unit II, Grade 7. Providence Social Studies Curriculum Project.
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Providence Public Schools, RI. and Rhode Island Coll., Providence.
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GRADES OR AGES: Grade 7. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies, Southeast Asia. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into four subunits--physical geography, social development, economic development, and history and government. The central section of each subunit is laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and materials. Other sections are in list form. The guide is mimeographed and staple-bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: The first page of each subunit lists objectives for that subunit. Within the central section of each subunit, activities are listed in the second column. Each group of activities is related to a topic listed in the first column. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Materials are listed in the third column of the central section of each subunit. Each group of materials is related to one or more activities. In addition, several appendixes to three of the four subunits contain curriculum materials. STUDENT ASSESSMENT: A one-page section entitled "Evaluation" in each subunit lists ideas students should understand and skills they should possess by the end of that subunit. OPTIONS: The guide is prescriptive as to course content and timing. Activities and materials listed are optional. (RT)
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- 1968
36. Overview. Resource Unit I, Grade 7. Providence Social Studies Curriculum Project.
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Providence Public Schools, RI. and Rhode Island Coll., Providence.
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GRADES OR AGES: Grade 7. SUBJECT MATTER: Social Studies; Europe, Soviet Union, and Southeast Asia. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The major portion of the guide, which develops the unit, is laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and materials. Other sections are in list form. The guide is mimeographed and staple-bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: General objectives for the unit are listed on the first page. Each group of activities in the second column is related to a topic in the first column. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Each group of materials listed in the third column is related to one or more activities. In addition, two short appendixes contain curriculum materials. STUDENT ASSESSMENT: A one-page section entitled "Evaluation" lists several ideas students should understand by the end of the unit. OPTIONS: The guide is prescriptive as to course content and timing. Activities and materials listed are optional. (RT)
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- 1968
37. Roles of Universities in Local and Regional Development in Southeast Asia.
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Regional Inst. of Higher Education and Development, Singapore., Hoong, Yip Yat, Hoong, Yip Yat, and Regional Inst. of Higher Education and Development, Singapore.
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The last two decades have witnessed a sudden upsurge of new institutions of higher learning in countries of Southeast Asia, and most of these institutions are located in nonmetropolitan areas. What is the nature and function of these metropolitan or regional universities? How do they relate to the metropolitan universities? What role can they play in promoting the regional or subnational development process? How should they interact with the provincial government and the local community in playing this role? How do they relate to their immediate environment? Each of these questions is answered in the various papers presented at the workshop sponsored by the Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development. (MJM)
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- 1973
38. Report of the Primary Mathematics Workshop (Penang, Malaysia, June 30 - July 3, 1969).
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Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (Singapore). Regional Center for Education in Science and Mathematics.
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A workshop to develop a program for training primary school teachers was convened in 1969 by the Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics (RECSAM) in Penang, Malaysia. Countries participating in the conference were Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Vietnam, Thailand, Phillipines, and Ceylon; consultants from the United States and Britain were also in attendance. The major outcome of the conference was a detailed description of a course designed to improve teachers' understanding of the new content and approach to teaching primary mathematics. The course was also intended to examine philosophical, pedagogical and methodological issues related to instruction, and to prepare key personnel from participating countries to organize programs in their home states. In addition to an outline of this course, this volume includes several working papers and documents related to the overall goals and projects of RECSAM. (SD)
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- 1969
39. A Comparative Study of Multi-Purpose Rooms in Educational Buildings.
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Vickery, D. J.
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Procedures are described in which economies can be effected through careful planning of school buildings and particularly through the consolidation of spaces that are used intermittently throughout the school day. The paper introduces a "use-factor" as a measure, not of the amount of usable space but of the time for which usable space is actually utilized during the school day. Assembly spaces, science rooms, workshops, and circulation spaces are considered with regard to their employment for a multiplicity of purposes. A bibliography listing books concerning multi-purpose rooms is included. (FS)
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- 1964
40. UNIVERSITIES AND ADULT EDUCATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, REPORT ON THE LEVERHULME CONFERENCE ON EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES (HONG KONG, OCTOBER 26-31, 1964).
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Hong Kong Univ. Dept. of Extramural Studies., HUGHES, IEUAN, and TSO, PRISCILLA
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THE CONFERENCE PAPERS DEAL MAINLY WITH THE PROPER EXTRAMURAL ROLE OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN UNIVERSITIES, THE EXTENSIVE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, EXTRAMURAL EDUCATION FOR PHILIPPINE WOMEN, THE PHILOSOPHY AND FUNCTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES EXTERNAL STUDIES PROGRAM AND THE ROLE OF ITS LABOR RELATIONS CENTER IN EFFECTIVE TRADE UNION EDUCATION, PRINCIPLES OF EXTRAMURAL SERVICE TO BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, IMPACTS OF RAPID URBANIZATION IN HONG KONG, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CHANNELS OF ASSISTANCE, AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROGRAM PLANNING AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF NEW EXTRAMUARL DEPARTMENTS. A UNESCO REPORT CONTAINING GUIDELINES ON THE NATURE, MISSION, ORGANIZATION, AND EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS (INCLUDING PREPARATION OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ADULT EDUCATORS) OF EXTRAMURAL DEPARTMENTS, IS DISCUSSED, AND THE NEED FOR A REGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ADULT EDUCATION BASED IN HONG KONG AND ENTRUSTED WITH TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND CLEARINGHOUSE FUNCTIONS, IS URGED. INCLUDED ARE THE CONFERENCE AGENDA, THE REPORT ON A FOLLOWUP TOUR, AND LISTS OF OFFICERS AND PARTICIPANTS (WITH PHOTO). (LY)
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- 1964
41. Community Development in Emergent Countries.
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Hodgdon, Linwood L.
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Part of a report of seminar proceedings, these papers on community development in developing nations deal largely with conditions, requirements, and effective principles of rural extension; the government system of community development village workers in outlying regions of Thailand; the methods, organization, accomplishments, and prospects of national development in India; the role of the Presidential Assistant on Community Development in the Philippines; and community development functions of the intergovernmental South Pacific Commission. In addition to reviewing concepts and goals of effective community development, a final group report examines the roles and influence of governments, voluntary organizations, private enterprise, political structures, urbanization, cultural growth, and the national economy. Increased outside assistance and more extensive research are recommended. (ly)
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- 1964
42. SURVEY OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND REFERENCE WORKS ON ASIA, AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA, RUSSIA, AND EAST EUROPE--AND COMPILATION OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON EAST ASIA, SOUTH ASIA AND AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA FOR UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARIES. INTERIM REPORT, PHASE ONE.
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State Univ. of New York, New York. Foreign Area Materials Center. and MOREHOUSE, WARD
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THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO ASSIST UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARIES IN STRENGTHENING THEIR RESOURCES ON AREAS OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION USUALLY GIVEN LITTLE ATTENTION BY AMERICAN COLLEGES, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON EAST AND SOUTH ASIA AND AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA. UNDER THE PROJECT'S FIRST PHASE, A PANEL OF LIBRARY ADVISERS WAS ESTABLISHED, AND PRELIMINARY VERSIONS OF A GUIDE TO REFERENCE MATERIALS ON NON-WESTERN EUROPEAN AREAS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON EAST ASIA, SOUTH ASIA, AND AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA HAVE BEEN COMPILED BY COLLATING EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND ADDING RECENTLY PUBLISHED ITEMS. THE BIBLIOGRAPHIES WERE PREPARED BY COMPUTERS, USING WITH SUCCESS THE DATATEXT SYSTEM FOR SOURCE DATA ENTRY. THE FINAL VERSIONS WILL BE ISSUED AFTER REVISION AND GRADING BASED ON ADVICE FROM SCHOLARS AND LIBRARIANS. INCLUDED AS AN APPENDIX IS THE REPORT OF A CONFERENCE ON THE PLACE OF NON-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE MATERIALS IN UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARIES (CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 17, 1967). TOPICS DISCUSSED BY FACULTY AND LIBRARIAN PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE THE IMPACT ON UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARIES FROM IMPROVED LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND INCREASING FACULTY NEEDS FOR RESEARCH MATERIALS IN NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES. CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATIONS ON APPROPRIATE ACQUISITIONS IN THESE AREAS CONCLUDE THE REPORT. ALSO APPENDED IS A PAPER READ AT THE CONFERENCE--"SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE USE OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE MATERIALS ON THE COLLEGE LEVEL AND DESIRABLE FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN THIS AREA," BY DOUGLAS READING. (JB)
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- 1967
43. RESOURCES FOR SOUTH ASIAN AREA STUDIES IN THE UNITED STATES, REPORT OF A CONFERENCE CONVENED BY THE COMMITTEE ON SOUTH ASIA OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES FOR THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF EDUCATION (FEBRUARY 23-25, 1961).
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Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia. and LAMBERT, RICHARD D.
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THE 21 WORKING PAPERS IN THIS BOOK WERE PREPARED BY AMERICAN SCHOLARS IN THE FIELD OF SOUTH ASIAN AREA AND LANGUAGE STUDIES FOR A CONFERENCE CONVENED BY THE COMMITTEE ON SOUTH ASIA OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES IN 1961. THE CONFERENCE DEALT WITH THE NEED FOR RESEARCH ON SPECIFIC COUNTRIES AND IN SPECIFIC DISCIPLINES AS WELL AS THE PRESENT CONDITION OF SOUTH ASIAN AREA STUDIES IN GENERAL. A COMPANION VOLUME, "RESOURCES FOR SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGE STUDIES," CONCERNS THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AND PERSONNEL, WHILE THIS VOLUME INTEGRATES THE TEACHING OF SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGES WITH AREA STUDIES. INCLUDED WITH THE WORKING PAPERS IS A "REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE" WHICH SUMMARIZES THE MANY SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS PRESENTED IN THE PAPERS AND DISCUSSED AT THE CONFERENCE MEETINGS. THIS BOOK IS PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS, 3436 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19104, ($5.00). (JD)
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- 1962
44. RESOURCES FOR SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGE STUDIES IN THE UNITED STATES, REPORT OF A CONFERENCE CONVENED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF EDUCATION (JANUARY 15-16, 1960).
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Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia. and BROWN, W. NORMAN
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IN 1960 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA A CONFERENCE WAS CONVENED TO SURVEY THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES OF SOUTH ASIA AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A PROGRAM OF DEVELOPMENT. THE 23 PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED PROMINENT AMERICAN SCHOLARS FROM UNIVERSITIES WHERE SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGES ARE TAUGHT AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE AND OTHER INTERESTED GROUPS. ELEVEN WORKING PAPERS WERE PREPARED FOR THE CONFERENCE AND ARE PUBLISHED HERE. THE PAPERS DEAL WITH AMERICAN RESOURCES FOR SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGE STUDY AND SUGGEST PRIORITIES FOR FURTHER WORK ON NEW TEXTS, RESOURCE MATERIALS, TEACHING METHODS, AND CURRICULUM GUIDES. IN A "REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE," ALSO PUBLISHED IN THIS VOLUME, THE EDITOR SUMMARIZES THE TOPICS COVERED AT THE CONFERENCE MEETINGS AND PRESENTS THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PARTICIPANTS. THIS BOOK IS PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS, 3436 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19104, ($4.00). (JD)
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- 1960
45. Teaching about Asia at the Secondary Level. Report of the Fifteenth Yale Conference on the Teaching of Social Studies.
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Yale Univ., New Haven, CT. and Bartlett, Beatrice S.
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This conference booklet seeks to assist high school teachers who teach about Asia. Emphasis is upon providing a bibliography, with course outlines and background materials also offered. Four hundred annotated citations focusing on book, periodical, and other resource materials, published within the last decade, are provided for teachers working with advanced and able students who desire to investigate topics in depth. The bibliography is arranged into six main sections: China, India, Japan, Southeast Asia, general, and publishers addresses. In an effort to promote cultural understandings, three course outlines on China and two on India offer examples of differing teaching approaches for secondary grade levels. Four papers provide background readings on several ways of generalizing about Chinese culture and society, land settlement, Chinese ethnocentrism, and the politics of imperial China; the classical music of India; the search for relevance in Japanese history; and nationalism and communism in Southeast Asia. (SJM)
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- 1969
46. West Asian Special Libraries and Information Centers.
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Harvey, John F.
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Special libraries are defined in this paper as those libraries serving such institutions as government offices, private corporations, associations, and university departments. Information centers are similar to special libraries but provide personalized, high quality reference service, usually in science and technology, and often using mechanical or electronic methods for document code storage and retrieval. West Asia is that essentially moslem area bound by the United Arab Republic and Turkey on the West and West Pakistan on the East, reaching the border of the USSR on the North and the Arabian Sea on the South. It contains about twenty countries, depending on how the Gulf and Trucial States are counted, and two hundred million people, in an area of 3,500 by 2,000 miles. The USSR, Indian, Sudan, Libya, and Morocco are omitted from this area as being relatively separate from it in culture, orientation, or geography. While only a guess, it may be estimated that the area as a whole contains between 15,000 and 20,000 libraries of all kinds, of which perhaps 1,500 are special libraries or technical information centers. The majority of the grand total are very small school libraries with public libraries counting the second highest number. On the other hand, most of the better ones are either academic or special libraries. This survey is presented on a country by country basis. Fifteen of the countries were visited personally. (LI 004244 through 004261 and LI 004263 through 004267 are related.) (Author/NH)
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- 1971
47. Education in Asia: A Bibliography.
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United Nations Asian Inst. for Economic Development and Planning, Bangkok (Thailand).
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This bibliography, a selection of documents from the holdings of the Regional Office library, supplements and up-dates the "Bibliography for a Review of Education in the Asian Region" which appeared in the "Bulletin," Volume I, Number 1, September, 1966. Entries are divided according to country or geographic area and include, among others, Afghanistan, Burma, Cambodia, India, Korea, Pakistan, Singapore, Vietnam, as well as an International section. Most items are in English, with a few citations to documents in Japanese, French, etc. Included are monographs, journal articles, government and research reports, conference papers and miscellaneous items of a fugitive nature. (JLB)
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- 1969
48. Growth and Change: Perspectives of Education in Asia.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).
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The material included in this document, drawn from the debates and the working papers presented at the Third Regional Conference of Ministers of Education and Those Responsible for Economic Planning in Asia, focuses on the concerns of education policy-makers in Asia and the programs and priorities they envisage for the growth and development of education in that region. The background of changing patterns in educational systems--the economic needs of society, social and cultural aspirations, and forces that have their origin in the educational system itself--is discussed. Some common problems and issues in planning for reform and development are noted. Discussions of education and development in rural areas, adult education and literacy, science education, and technical education and training, enlarge on perspectives for educational change. Appendices include projections of educational growth in Asis (1971-1980) and statistical tables related to these projections. (SHM)
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- 1973
49. Communication in Development: Modifications in the Classical Diffusion Model for Family Planning.
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Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Dept. of Communication. and Rogers, Everett M.
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The role of mass media and interpersonal communication in development in Latin America, Africa, and Asia is reviewed. Then, research and development program experience is synthesized to show (1) that the mass media at present play a major role in creating a "climate for modernization" among villagers, but are less important in diffusing technological innovations (although their potential is high), (2) that mass media channels are more effective when combined with interpersonal channels, as in media forums, and (3) that the "traditional" mass media (like village theater, traveling storytellers, etc.) have an important potential for development purposes, especially when they are combined with the modern electronic and print media. Further, the future role for mass media in development will increase (1) as the mass media reach larger audiences, and (2) new communication technology (like satellite TV) is harnassed for development goals. A second, and related, purpose of the present paper is to specify three modifications in the "classical diffusion model" stemming from the case of family planning communication, where the messages (1) deal with very "strongly held beliefs," which are difficult to change, and (2) are private and "taboo" in nature, hence limiting the number (and type) of individuals with whom such messages can be discussed. The classical diffusion model should be revised to include the role of nonprofessional and/or paraprofessional change agent "aides" in diffusing innovations, the importance of adopter and diffuser "incentives," and the significance of the "verbal labelling" in word symbols of innovations affecting their rate of adoption. (Author/DB)
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- 1972
50. Seminar on the Evaluation and Recognition of Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates of SEAMEO Regional Centres and Projects. Final Report.
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After five years existence of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), the training programs at the various centers and projects are beginning to create an impact on educational development in Southeast Asia. Graduates from the SEAMEO centers have made substantive contributions in various fields of specialization in their respective countries. However, no formal recognition of the degrees, diplomas, and certificates given by the various SEAMEO centers and projects has ever been jointly established by the SEAMEO countries, and thus certain difficulties have arisen which could jeopardize the professional advancement of SEAMEO graduates. It is SEAMEO's intention to work for certain forms of common criteria in the evaluation and recognition of the academic qualifications and awards given by the project centers. This report contains recommendations, background papers, country reports, and reports from project centers which may interest a wide public since the interrelationship between agencies such as Ministries of Education, Civil Service Commissions, and educational institutions is brought to the fore. The participating countries (Indonesia, Khmer Republic, Laos, Malaysia, Phillipines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) sought to identify relevant problems and explore the possibilities of establishing certain criteria with regard to the evaluation of credentials and the recognition of academic accomplishments under the auspices of SEAMEO. (RC)
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- 1971
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