"This publication is a detailed description and analysis of the work of the radio training centre of Deutsche Welle, DWAZ (now Deutsche Welle Akademie). It covers its theoretical background, its organisational context, curriculum development, and an analysis of the professional profile of course par
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ticipants." (commbox)
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"This report examines how large-scale educational broadcasting projects can most effectively be introduced and implemented in developing countries, describes past problems and recommends project design to avoid them in future projects. The principal topics investigated include: (1) relating to targe
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t audiences, taking into account issues such as language, culture, and local concerns; (2) efficiently administering complex and varied broadcasting activities; (3) installing and maintaining economical and reliable equipment; (4) enlisting the active support of educators; (5) developing comprehensive and meaningful programs; (6) utilizing media production techniques to increase audience involvement; and (7) obtaining reliable feedback on broadcast success. The report concludes with a discussion of recent developments in communication technology and describes its potential for educating large numbers of students." (Abstract)
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"The Philippine government, with the assistance of the World Bank, launched the $US37 million Textbook Project to alleviate the lack of textbooks in the nation's public schools. Prior to this investment, there was an average of 10 pupils for every book available in a given subject. During the first
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year of implementation, the Textbook Project produced ap-proximately 20 million first and second grade textbooks in science, mathematics, and Pilipino. These were distributed nationwide in the 1977-78 school year at a ratio of two pupils per book. In the course of its 5-year duration, the Textbook Project would produce 97 million books covering all subject areas from first grade through high school and would distribute enough so that there would be only two students per book at each grade level in each subject. Books cost an average of US$.55 each (for an average length of 180 pages); the overall program increased per student costs by about 1% (Orivel, 1979). Teacher training in the use of the books was part of the project. These and other aspects of implementation are described in detail by Aprieto (1983). Textbook content was geared closely to the national curriculum and tightly screened for clarity of presentation. Photo and colors were used judiciously.
Because books were expected to be in use for up to 5 years, binding and stitching were of high quality. Distribution was made first to regional warehouses, then to municipalities, then to schools. Arrival time and textbook condition in the nation's 100,000 schools were monitored by computer in the capital. The success of the project was due not to simply having new textbooks, but rather to having new textbooks of high quality, reasonably on time, well understood, and well used by teachers.
The Evaluation Section of the Textbook Project was formed primarily to investigate the effects of this sizable investment on student achievement. One year before the first sets of textbooks were distributed, an evaluation plan was designed, and instruments were developed to measure these effects. The plan was implemented during the first year of textbook distribution and has been a continuing component of the Textbook Project. The results presented here were obtained from the first-year evaluation data, otherwise known as Phase I. The effects of textbooks on achievement in conjunction with pupil, home, school, and environmental variables were examined, the primary concern being the increment in the achievement of pupils, given the use of the project textbooks, while other influencing factors were controlled." (Page 141)
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"Im Jahr 1978 wurden acht Evaluierungen von Medienprojekten der TZ einer Querschnittsevaluierung unterzogen. Betrachtet wurden Projekte der GTZ und der politischen Stiftungen. Schwerpunkte waren Aufbau von Landfunk, Erwachsenenbildung, Ausbildung im technischen sowie im Programm-Bereich, Aufbau von
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Sender- und Studiotechnik bei Hörfunk und Fernsehen. Bewertet wurden die Legitimation des Mitteleinsatzes sowie der Grad der Zielerreichung auf der Projekt- und Sektorebene. Die Evaluierung nennt folgende wesentlichen Schwachstellen: (1) Mängel bei Projektplanung, -vorbereitung und -steuerung, (2) Realitätsferne und diffuse Projektziele, (3) politische Zielkonflikte zwischen Geber- und Nehmerland, (4) die besondere politische Sensibilität und nationale Bedeutung von Medien und (5) schwer messbare entwicklungspolitische Effekte. Erfolgreich sei die Förderung insofern gewesen, als einige Projekte die Grundlage für eine funktionsfähige Medienstruktur in den Nehmerländern gelegt haben." (Oepen/Abele Designstudie Medienförderung 2003)
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