Development of special multidisciplinary competence for analysis of effective alternatives to processes of traditional education; final report, 1970-1975
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THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS FIVE-YEAR GRANT WERE (1) TO DEVELOP INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES IN LATIN AMERICA: (2) TO ISOLATE AND EXAMINE SOCIOCULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: (3) TO INVESTIGATE ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN MASS EDUCATION: (4) TO EXAMINE THE APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AS RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY: (5) TO RELATE RURAL-URBAN CONSIDERATIONS TO THE PROCESS OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS: AND (6) TO PROVIDE A PROJECT FOCUS WITHIN THE LATIN AMERICAN CENTER AT UCLA WHICH WILL GUIDE RESEARCH AND PROVIDE TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS OF DOMESTIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND FOREIGN AGENCIES THROUGH SEMINARS, SYMPOSIUMS, AND REGULAR UNIVERSITY COURSE WORK.
1970

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THE 211(D) GRANT-IN-AID FUNDED 67 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OVER THE FIVE YEARS, INVOLVING INVESTIGATORS DRAWN FROM 17 UNITS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONNEL FROM VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA, MEXICO, BOLIVIA, GUATEMALA, BRAZIL, PERU, PANAMA, COSTA RICA, TRINIDAD-TOBAGO, ECUADOR, ARGENTINA, AND CHILE. SEVERAL COURSES AND SEMINARS WERE DEVELOPED. SERVICE WAS PROVIDED GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS IN SIX LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES. THE RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH PROJECTS ARE BEING PUBLISHED IN RESEARCH PAPERS, MONOGRAPHS, AND ANTHOLOGIES. THE FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH, AND SEVENTEENTH EDITIONS OF THE STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF LATIN AMERICA, PUBLISHED BY THE CENTER, INCLUDES MORE THAN 50 PAGES DEVOTED TO EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS. THROUGH COMBINED UNIVERSITY AND GRANT RESOURCES, SOME 3,000 VOLUMES HAVE BEEN PURCHASED DURING THE GRANT PERIOD FOR THE EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGY LIBRARY AND THE LATIN AMERICAN SECTION OF THE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LIBRARY.
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1970USAID DEC