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Download full textASPBAE Courier, 1985
The articles in this issue are mainly concerned with how to reach the poorest and most disadvantaged sections of the population and how best to help once contact has been made. "Nijera Kori in Retrospect: In Search of an Organization of the Rural Poor" (Mohiuddin Ahmad) provides extracts from an evaluation of this grassroots,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Action, Developing Nations, Economically Disadvantaged
Black, Neil – UNEVOC INFO, 1997
Experts in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) from 11 countries participated in a UNESCO International Workshop. The countries were: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, India, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Poland, Republic of Korea, and South Africa. Workshop participants identified a range of issues relating to improving the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Rosenfeld, Stuart – Foresight, 1985
Contributions of rural high schools to their local economic climate are both underestimated and undervalued. Functions that high schools can and should perform in rural economic development today include providing occupational training to meet immediate labor market needs, raising community educational attainment levels to meet long-term…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Economic Development, High Schools, Labor Force Development
Development Communication Report, 1979
The title reflects the first and major article in an issue of this newsletter devoted heavily to video technology. The flexible capabilities of videotape used with microteaching are presented and illustrated with case studies of childhood education and rural health development programs in Nigeria, improvement of nurses' communication skills, and…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Case Studies, Developing Nations, Diffusion
Sheller, Rebekah, Ed. – Rural Libraries, 1991
These volumes report on investigation, activities, and viewpoints related to rural library service. Topics covered are the role of rural libraries, the needs and characteristics of its users, the characteristics of its trustees, difference in operation and information service between rural and urban libraries, and the role of technology in helping…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Distance Education, Financial Problems, Higher Education
Rural Development Perspectives, 1995
This special theme issue reports key results from a comprehensive assessment of skill development among the rural workforce and of rural education and job training in rural areas. This comprehensive assessment had three goals: to develop better measures of rural skills than were previously available, to identify human capital initiatives that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Dropouts, Educational Attainment
