"Disability affects families the world over. Parents are often unsure as to how best to help the child who is handicapped and yet experience has shown that much can be done to help these children at home. Local resources, once mobilised can assist families and communities to better meet the needs of
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children with disabilities. In 1989, the Special Education Unit of UNESCO launched a new initiative in parent and community education. The aim was to test the feasibility of producing video programmes in developing countries which could be used to inform families and communities about ways of overcoming children’s disabilities. Two consultants - Roy McConkey (Scotland) and Sally Allan (Zimbabwe) - worked alongside partner agencies in Uganda, Malawi and Sri Lanka. This Manual outlines the rationale behind the project and how it was carried out. The training packages produced in the three countries are described along with details of their use. Information is also given about other video-based packages and training resources designed for use in developing countries. Practical details are provided on the organisation of local courses and in the use of video-equipment. A final section examines the steps involved in devising training inputs." (Introduction)
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"Provides the background and details on curriculum and textbook development, publishing and textbook production, marketing, sales and distribution, and the financing of textbook production." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1221)
"Provides a detailed analysis of the state of textbook provision in Malawi at all levels of education. Discusses the development of curriculum and textbooks, the management of publishing and textbooks, marketing, sales and distribution, the finance of textbooks, and ends with recommendations for imp
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roving the provision of textbooks in Malawi." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 665)
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"A review of a number of UNESCO /UNDP-supported studies on textbook provision in four Southern African countries, and reports about an interregional consultative meeting held in Harare in August 1993 to consider these studies. Also sets out the rec
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ommendations and plans for action put forward at that meeting." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1883)
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"Este libro es resultado de un seminario realizado en Las Vertientes (Chile) en octubre de 1991 que contaba con el auspicio de la UNESCO y de la UNICEF. Presenta las experiencias pedagógicas más relevantes que hasta la fecha se han realizado en A
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mérica Latina por asumir crítica y creativamente la presencia de la cultura mediatizada. Descrito por los propios equipos que los impulsan, la mayor parte del libro muestra programas, proyectos y metodologías de Educación para los Medios de Comunicación. Se presenta en total 19 experiencias concretas de todo el continente de trabajo educativo con niños, jóvenes y adultos. El panorama de reflexión y experiencias que este libro ofrece lo convierte en un punto de partida para futuros esfuerzos en esta temática crucial. Un directorio de instituciones y la bibliografía seleccionada además facilitan el acceso a informaciones más detalladas." (CAMECO Mediaforum nr. 2/1994)
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"The ethnic factor has a very strong influence on the attitude of the respondents to the mass media and, in particular, to television. As is evident from the data in tables 2 and 3, the Central TV chanel (Ostankino TV) is far ahead of the television centres of Russia and Kazakhstan as regards the de
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gree of confidence in the objectivity of its information and as regards popularity. It is clear that the professionalism and technical facilities of the competing TV centres are weighty factors here. Nevertheless, the Kazakhs among the respondents are in no doubt as to the superiority of the Republican TV service. Kazakhstan TV is 3-4 times less popular among the population of Russian nationality and other nationalities." (Page 5)
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"In revisiting the field of communication planning for development, Alan Hancock takes an entirely fresh look at the territory first explored in his monograph Communication Planning for Development a decade ago, and evaluates what has been achieved since, in particular the practical outcomes of the
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planning framework that he proposed at that time. Working through a series of case-studies (which include the production of UNESCO's World Communication Report, the evolution of the International Programme for the Development of Communication, planning for radio and television development in Zambia, the growth of the COMNET international documentation network, and finally the changing perspectives of communication within UNESCO itself), the author analyses the potential and record of communication planning in building up institutions, networks and communication systems, and explores the extent to which a planned approach can help in the development of ideas and concepts. He is well placed to undertake such a voyage of rediscovery, as he has been an observer of many of the cases explored in this book, and often a participant." (Back cover)
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"'Todas las voces' es una adaptación para radio de mitos, cuentos y leyendas de Nuestra América, que han sido transmitidos de generación a generación, y que hoy forman parte de la riquísima tradición oral de los pueblos que habitamos el continente. La serie está conformada por 90 programas el
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aborados bajo un formato que lo hemos denominado 'documental dramatizado', que nos permite recrear la cosmovisión de los pueblos generadores del conocimiento oral, a la vez de dar información al oyente sobre la cultura a la que éstos pertenecen." (Introducción)
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"Report of a seminar organized by the International Institute for Educational Planning held in Maputo. Gives an overview of the state of textbook development in several African countries, addresses specific issues, and makes some recommendations for future action." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books &
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Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1870)
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