A course to develop an understanding of the scope of water resource activities, of the need for forecasting, of the National Weather Service's role in hydrology, and of the proper procedures to follow in fulfilling this role is presented. The course is one of self-help, guided by correspondence. Nine lessons are included: (1) Hydrology in the…

Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is the only public service broadcasting organization in Japan. This booklet lists the schedule of courses offered by NHK on educational television and radio for 1972. A wide range of instructional broadcasts are offered. For school children from kindergarten through high school,…

A look at how the educational system in New Zealand uses media for correspondence study. (HB)

Discusses outreach education, or education designed for students who are not normally reached in regular daytime campus credit work. (Author)

The radio program has been particularly effective in upgrading teachers, who comprise 90 per cent of the enrollees. (SP)

Specific recommendations are made with regard to the standard of correspondence schools. (Author)

In 1969, more than 5 million Americans were enrolled in correspondence courses. Most of the courses provided some kind of vocational training for students wishing to move up the job ladder. (BC)

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This paper outlines a paradigm in the following fashion: select an issue for investigation; conduct theoretical analysis based on an extensive literature review; generate hypotheses; select a research methodology; design instrumentation; and coordinate action research projects on the selected issue in a variety of distance education settings. (SSH)

The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service presents parenthood education for adolescents through minicourses, correspondence courses, and a newsletter series. Teenage pregnancy has declined in 11 of the 13 counties in which the program operates. (SK)

Distance teaching has been used to improve teacher education in Peru as part of the educational reform which began in 1970. Correspondence courses, radio, and television have been utilized. (BD)

Describes the political effects of spare-time correspondence courses on 50 Shanghai university students who served in agricultural brigades in the countryside. (Author/DB)

A group of 75 adult distance learners in Nigeria was asked to identify their level of comprehension/assimilation while studying independently or in class as associated with 13 dispositional factors. Anger, hunger, sorrow, tiredness, illness, and emotional instability had negative effects. Sufficiency of rest was accorded the highest frequency. (SK)

Writers of correspondence course study guides should be aware of boundaries between oral and written language; differences between textbook and study guide prose; the need for direct address, informality, personalization, clarity, and simplicity; and the diverse tastes, learning styles, and levels of their audience. (SK)