Communication Through Educational Materials (1955): Burma Translation Society Educational Publications Study Group
Rangoon: Burma Translation Society, 1955. First Printing. Hardcover. Small quarto, 10 x 8.5 inches, in half black calf and rose cloth boards, stamped in gilt on spine (from the Spaulding family estate), very good. Approximately 200 pp. Spaulding was an expert in educational techniques for developing countries and was working at that point for the Ford Foundation to develop a system of educational publishing in Burma (Myanmar). This is a collection of documents that emerged from meetings of the Educational Study Group that met from January to April, 1955, where they shared ideas and came up with program plans and ways to implement them. There were also newsletters the group published that were transcriptions of the sessions and minutes of the meetings as well as summaries, suggestions, etc. The group contained education, information and publicity officers from government ministeries and departments as well as from 3 private groups. This document of educational initiatives in Myanmar is very rare and OCLC records no holdings in any institution. Seth Spaulding (1928-2023) was a major pioneer in the use of audiovisual materials in education as well as in the implementation of sound educational techniques in developing countries. His obituary hails him as a founder of the field of international development education. Very good. Item #H30660
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