A Direct Broadcast Satellite for Education and Development in Africa?

Autor/in	und weitere
Sonst. Personen	Spain, Peter (Hrsg.)
Institution	Stanford Univ., CA. Inst. for Communication Research.
Titel	A Direct Broadcast Satellite for Education and Development in Africa?
Quelle	(1972), (170 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	African Culture; African Languages; Communications; Communications Satellites; Cost Effectiveness; Costs; Developing Nations; Educational Development; Educational Media; Educational Planning; Educational Policy; Educational Radio; Educational Technology; Educational Television; Feasibility Studies; International Programs; Telecommunications + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Language; Languages; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Nachrichtenwesen; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Cost; Kosten; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungsmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Bildungsplanung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsradio; Schulfunk; Bildungsfernsehen; Schulfernsehen; Telekommunikationstechnik
Abstract	A direct broadcasting satellite for sub-Sahara Africa has been proposed. This report was prepared as a briefing document for a UNESCO field team who will visit and consult African countries and advise them about such a system. Extensive surveys of the people and languages of Africa and its political, economical, and educational systems provide a background for considerations of the uses of new instructional media and the engineering considerations involved in a satellite system for Africa. The report emphasizes the necessity for cooperation among the countries of Africa, for a consideration of the place of instructional technology in the "Africanization" of the presently European style educational system, and, above all, for the decisions to be made by Africans based on their perception of the educational needs of their countries. The long preparation period necessary for such a vast undertaking, in the view of the report authors, necessitates an immediate start on the planning and development stage of the project in order that the satellite will be ready to meet the needs of the countries as they arise. (JY)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC