Higher education courses through newspapers

Abstract

Educational systems the world over have been so designed that the students were brought to the system (schools, universities) than the system brought to the students, at their convenience. The result has been that education has tended to be restrictive in its reach and benefitted only a few. There have recently been some significant departures: Open University programmes through television and some bold experiments like Radio Santa Maria in the Dominician Republic. Lately, attempts are being made to use newspapers as a medium of instruction. “Radio and television have scarcely diminished the importance of the newspaper as an authoritative source of many of society’s messages. Why not educational messages?” asks Doug Stewart.

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Doug Stewart

Doug Stewart is Senior Lecturer in communication, Riverina College of Advanced Education, Australia.