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Nebres, Bienvenido Florendo – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2009
In 1983, after over 10 years of working on mathematics education reform in the Philippines, I wrote a paper for a Tokyo conference arguing that education reform in developing countries such as the Philippines should begin by working on macro-problems, namely the social, political, and economic environment of the schools, as a context for the…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Strategic Planning, Mathematics Education, Elementary Education
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Mori, Ichio; And Others – Science Education, 1980
Compares elementary school science curricula in Japan, Thailand, the Republic of Korea and the Philippines. Tables summarize data for some of these countries concerning general characteristics of the curricular design, general objectives of elementary and secondary science curricula, teaching units covered, and hierarchy of process skills. (CS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, International Education, Program Descriptions
Ranaweera, A. Mahinda; And Others – 1989
Nonformal approaches to primary education in developing countries are described in detail in the hope that the discussion will benefit decision makers and planners confronting situations marked by mass rural illiteracy, urban marginalization, employment of young children, and ethnic and cultural differences between minorities and the majority…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1984
National studies of the progress being made toward the universalization of primary education in 12 Asian countries are reported in this collection. Begun in 1983, the studies were conducted to analyze the stage reached by the participating countries and the problems encountered by them in providing educational opportunities to all children at the…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Elementary Education
Juarez and Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. – 2003
Multigrade schooling is a strategy to increase the educational opportunities of children in situations where it is impractical to have one primary school teacher per grade because of the limited size of the student population. In a multigrade school, teachers manage two or more classes simultaneously. A single teacher may be responsible for all…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Studies, Developing Nations, Educational Research
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1984
This study describes primary education in the Philippines. Focusing on the primary education system, Chapter One discusses the development of primary education, educational legislation, organization of the school system, administration and supervision, teaching staff, curriculum, textbooks and instructional materials, mass media and educational…
Descriptors: Administration, Educational Finance, Educational History, Educational Improvement