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"In fact this paperback is about narration and about text in whatever form: spoken, written or printed. Or even better, this book is about the importance of narrative art. It therefore invests all kinds of storytelling, not only the person-to-person oral tradition, but also the mediated forms of sto ... rytelling. Is taken for granted that the radio is giving an extra dimension to the spoken word, like books are giving an extra dimension to the printed word, or the cinema or television are connecting texts and visuals again, like woodcut printings have done in the past. Stories from the oral tradition found their way to the mass media like movies, radio and television. Therefore a wide variety of media will be discussed in this book without showing any preference for one medium or another. The focus of interest is more on storytelling then on de media used to tell stories. It is about the athletics of words and the flexible relatedness between the various media. All these media make use of characters to present stories. Therefore characters with stereotyped traits are present in every medium that makes use of narrative or dramatic elements like comic books, photo novels and soap operas. Mass media have been taking over the role of traditional storytelling. Nowadays, it seems as if instead of listening to an individual storyteller, the global community sits down and have stories told by their favourite radio plays and television series like situation comedies and soap series. Some social scientists strongly reject this change in media consumption. They regret the changing patterns in spending leisure time. They regret for example the supposed decline of reading habits which has been considered as an effect of changing media consumption. And they are not the only ones to regret this. On the one hand there are the educationalists worrying about the latest statistics on literacy rates. These figures certainly do not show any worldwide improvements in literacy and numeracy. And there are the publishers too, who regret the declining reading habits. On a global scale the selling of books and other printed matter is at a decline. With an expanding media market, people are spending their leisure time in a more varied way leaving them less time to read. However, despite this conclusion the educational system in whatever country cannot do without a structured transfer of knowledge. And it seems that the most effective medium within the educational system still is the written word, being presented to the people by printed materials. Learning children as well as adults to read and write is the main preoccupation of as many multilateral aid organisations as national governments." (Pages 10-11) more

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Gender Bias in School Text Books

London: Commonwealth Secretariat, Women's and Youth Affairs Division (1995), 96 pp.

"In response to the lack of information on gender bias in existing textbooks in the countries of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Secretariat commissioned three major studies of primary school textbooks: one in the Caribbean, one in Asia, and one in Africa, the latter undertaken by Wanja Thairu (K ... more

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The NCTB Towards the 21st Century: A Model of Publishing Primary School Textbooks

Gerard Aleven, Nico den Tuinder

Dhaka: National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) (1994), 37 pp.

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An Overview of Curricula and Book Provision Issues in the Primary and Secondary School System in Pakistan

Tony Read

London: International Book Development (IBD) (1994), 42 pp.

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Study on Textbook Provision and the Feasibility of Cooperation Among SADCC Countries: Namibia Case Study

R. C. West, E. Maasdorp

Paris: UNESCO (1994), 48 pp.

"A detailed study and analysis of textbook provision in Namibia investigated by a private sector consultant and a public sector consultant, who conclude that the general state of the industry is healthy with scope for development, and propose the initiation of inter-country discussions on curriculum ... more

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Table ronde des editeurs, des desponables de l'education et des bailleurs de fonds, Tunis du 28 au 30 novembre, 1994, Rapport général

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Paris: ACCT, Direction Générale de l'Education et de la Formation Ecole Internationale de Bordeaux (DGEF-EIB) (1994), ? pp.

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L'édition au service de l'alphabétisation durable en Afrique francophone

Diana C. Newton

Ottawa: International Publishing Partnership (1994), 100 pp.

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Textbook Provision and the Quality of the School Curriculum in Developing Countries: Issues and Policy Options

Michael Crossley, Myra Murby

Comparative Education (Abingdon/UK), volume 30, issue 2 (1994), pp. 99-114

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Lernen mit Video und Film

Rainer Kittelberger, Immo Freisleben

Weinheim; Basel: Beltz, 2nd ed. (1994), 124 pp.

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Donors to African Education (DAE) Working Group on Textbooks and Libraries: Notes from the London Sessions

Carol Priestley

Bellagio Publishing Network Newsletter, issue 9 (1994), pp. 4-5

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