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Peer reviewedConvergence, 1974
Written in Spanish, the article explains that expanding an adult basic education program, the Brazilian Literacy Movement (MOBRAL), necessitates considering the social orientation of MOBRAL in the context of Brazil and of Latin America as a whole. (AG)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Developing Nations, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Dobbs, Ralph C.; Younvanich, Sompongs – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1980
The organization of adult basic education (ABE) in Thailand is outlined, including instructor training, curriculum building, government objectives, and evaluation and administration of ABE programs. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Developing Nations, Dropouts, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedGreen, Rudolph V. – Journal of Negro Education, 1986
Presents a model for simultaneously addressing the problems of illiteracy and the counseling requirements of the skill training programs in Third World countries. The model includes advisory committees, needs analysis, staff development and training, program assessment, and a placement and follow-up component. (KH)
Descriptors: Counseling, Developing Nations, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSheffield, James R. – Teachers College Record, 1976
Issues raised in the World Bank's Education Sector Working Paper are examined within the framework of other recent policy papers of donor agencies. (MM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Developing Nations, Educational Administration
Download full textMinistry of Education and Social Welfare, New Delhi (India). – 1973
Major adult literacy and adult education programs in India are described in the brochure, which covers a wide sector of interests and target groups. Major programs described are: (1) mass literacy programs, discussing demography and various strategies; (2) Kisan Saksharta Yojana, discussing various strategies for farmers' functional literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Dumont, Bernard – 1973
With a view to making literacy an integral part of the economic and social development program of Mali, the study represents the third project of the Experimental World Literacy Program which began with functional literacy pilot projects in Tanzania and Iran. A critical report of the implementation of the pilot project in Mali, it contains a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, African Culture, Basic Skills
Bordia, A. – 1981
Section 1 of this study reviews the insufficiency of literacy and basic education programs for adults offered by the colonial Ministry of Education in Zimbabwe prior to independence (1980). While section 2 emphasizes the significance of adult education for the new nation's development, including its implications for manpower training and the…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Adult Education, Adult Programs, African Culture
Direct linkRavela, Pedro – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2005
The purpose of this article is to present a case of national achievement assessment at the primary level within a formative approach. Many countries experience an increasing obligation to attach high stakes to national assessments, which results in greater pressure on teachers and schools. The author's view is that this kind of approach is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Schools, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
