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Why Do Information Gaps Persist in African Smallholder Agriculture? Perspectives from Farmers Lacking Exposure to Conservation Agriculture
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Brown, Brendan; Llewellyn, Rick; Nuberg, Ian – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2018
Purpose: To explore why substantial agricultural information gaps persist in African smallholder farming communities and how to reduce them. Design/methodology/approach: Using conservation agriculture (CA) as a case study, we deeply explore with 29 smallholder farmers why they are yet to obtain sufficient information to enable practice evaluation.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Access to Information, Conservation (Environment), Access to Education
Keeping Children in School: Effects of Household and Context Characteristics on School Dropout in 363 Districts of 30 Developing Countries
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Huisman, Janine; Smits, Jeroen – SAGE Open, 2015
We study household and context determinants of school dropout using data for 130,000 children in 363 regions of 30 developing countries using multi-level discrete-time event-history analysis. Most (72%) of the variation in school dropout is due to household-level factors, with socioeconomic resources (parental education, father's occupation, and…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, Dropout Prevention
Programmed Learning in the Developing Countries of Africa
Lawless, C. J. – Programmed Learning Educ Technol, 1969
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cultural Influences, Developing Nations, Educational Problems
Exploring and Promoting the Value of Indigenous Knowledge in Early Childhood Development in Africa
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Schafer, Jessica; Ezirim, Mgbechikwere; Gamurorwa, Anne; Ntsonyane, Phaello; Phiri, Mary; Sagnia, Jenieri; Salakana, Leoncia; Bairu, Wunesh Woldeselassie – International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice: Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies, 2004
There is currently a renaissance of interest in indigenous knowledges, after a long period of neglect and disdain by Western scientific and academic establishments. However, educational institutions have not made some of the more fundamental changes required to successfully integrate indigenous knowledges. Interventions and programs in ECD…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Foreign Countries, Culturally Relevant Education, Child Development
Understanding the Earth Systems of Malawi: Ecological Sustainability, Culture, and Place-Based Education
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Glasson, George E.; Frykholm, Jeffrey A.; Mhango, Ndalapa A.; Phiri, Absalom D. – Science Education, 2006
The purpose of this 2-year study was to investigate Malawian teacher educators' perspectives and dispositions toward teaching about ecological sustainability issues in Malawi, a developing country in sub-Sahara Africa. This study was embedded in a larger theoretical framework of investigating earth systems science through the understanding of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Education, Foreign Countries, Critical Theory