Global programs / Global award AID/CSD-2829 · 1972–1974 · Academy for Educational Development, Inc. (AED)
This guide gives educational planners a wealth of up-to-date information and forecasts a technological breakthrough that could help revolutionize education over the next two decades. DEC abstract (PN-AAB-371)
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This guide gives educational planners a wealth of up-to-date information and forecasts a technological breakthrough that could help revolutionize education over the next two decades. Whether it actually does so will depend on a number of psychological, economic, and political factors. The new communication satellites have opened extraordinary possibilities for the worldwide spread and enrichment of human learning. These possibilities are not merely theoretical; they have already been clearly demonstrated. Within the lifetime of today's youngsters just entering primary school, millions of TV viewers on several continents have been given front-row seats at great historic events taking place in distant lands and even on the moon. If communication satellites at this early stage can accomplish such extraordinary feats, surely in years ahead they can help give hundreds of millions of children and adults the chance for a better education. Further technical advances hold promise of making such satellites a daily tool for learning even in the poorest nations. This exciting vision, however, calls for sober qualifications. The first qualification concerns the historic reluctance of educationa
Source: DEC abstract, PN-AAB-371 (1973). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.
Operated in: Brazil, India, Latin America, Uganda, Indonesia, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador.
Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents
not in the map yet: no district, region or facility is named for this program yet; only Malawi and Guatemala have place data so far
No district, region or facility is named in this program's documents yet. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far. Towns and natural features are not drawn.
Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule
Scope: global. Set by the countries the program's documents name most often. Medium confidence.
How sure we are: 0.667.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years
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Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy for Educational Development, Inc. (AED) | implementer Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. | 1972 to 1974 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 16 sources |
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Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| AID/CSD-2829 (award, fiscal year not recorded) | 1972 to 1974 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 16 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States and District of Columbia | 1972 | Stated in a document read from a record field |
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Sector profile (computed): Basic education (early childhood, primary, secondary, literacy, teachers) 37%; Telecom, ICT and mass communications 20%; Program management, planning and administration 12%
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Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library
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