Non-Formal Education and Radio: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography. Annotated Bibliography #14.

Overview & Synopsis

Materials concerning the use of radio and mass communications for non-formal education and development are listed in a selected annotated bibliography, intended for those actively involved in non-formal education and development. Three sections contain annotated entries (which range from 1972-1983), each of which includes source information and notes languages in which publications are available. Section 1, on radio in non-formal education, lists 118 documents from 25 nations, including case studies; samples of scripts; pretest and survey instruments; and information on planning, organizing, financing, broadcast techniques, theoretical considerations, historical background, and evaluation. The programs listed range from local or regional campaigns to national mass campaigns, and from special non-formal education programs to highly structured radiophonic schools which supplement or even take the place of formal education. The second section describes 10 newsletters, from England, the United States, Australia, Spain, and Singapore, which focus exclusively on radio education or which regularly contain articles of interest on the use of radio and other communications media for formal and non-formal education. Section 3 lists 11 organizations, in Colombia, the Philippines, Gambia, England, Spain, the Netherlands, Nepal, Chile, and the United States, which can provide additional information for those working in educational radio broadcasting and development communication. (MH)