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Download full textTietjen, Karen; Prather, Cynthia, Ed. – 1991
This document reviews the interventions, such as policies, programs, and projects, that have been implemented by governments, donors, and other institutions to increase girls' access, persistence, and achievement at the primary school level. It examines both the formal system of primary education and nontraditional, alternative approaches to reach…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Educational Policy
PDF pending restorationUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1992
This selected bibliography, designed to back up a working document of the International Bureau of Education (IBE), has been prepared for the 43rd session of the International Conference on Education (September 14-19, 1992). The document has been put together with the help of the Documentation Center of the IBE and the UNESCO database. It consists…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedKlees, Steven J. – Comparative Education Review, 1984
Mateen Thobani's proposal to fund public education in Malawi through increased tuition fees applies inappropriate analytical techniques and fails to address a complex set of political, social, cultural, and economic issues. Policy formulation should stress a basis for dialog instead of pretending neoclassical economic analyses can provide answers.…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Discussion
Peer reviewedLo, Leslie Nai-Kwai – Chinese University Education Journal, 1994
Surveys major changes that have occurred in the fields of development studies and development education since World War II. Maintains that the Western assumption of human progress has been undermined in the Asian Pacific Rim. Maintains that scholars in the region should chart a new course of educational development. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Cultural Exchange, Developing Nations
Stambler, Moses – 1983
Numerous factors influencing health status and health care in Mexico are reviewed in this paper. Part I covers socioeconomic influences including agricultural and land tenure patterns, oil production, population growth rate, and the extent of poverty. Part II discusses the political environment, emphasizing the effects of politics on strategies…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Delivery Systems
Castro, Claudio de Moura; Carnoy, Martin; Wolff, Laurence – 2000
U.S. and European models of delivering secondary education were examined to identify ways of improving Latin American and Caribbean secondary schools and easing Latin American and Caribbean students' transition from school to work. The following delivery options were considered: (1) separate job training from formal secondary education; (2) move…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis
