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Direct linkMorgan, W. John, Ed.; Wu, Bin, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
A major transformation of Chinese higher education (HE) has taken place over the past decade--China has reshaped its higher education sector from elite to mass education with the number of graduates having quadrupled to three million a year over six years. China is exceptional among lower income countries in using tertiary education as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Higher Education, Access to Education
1971
Papers presented at a conference organized by the Indian University Association for Continuing Education of India and the University of Madras are reproduced in these proceedings, as are case studies relating continuing education efforts in seven countries and Hong Kong and Singapore. The papers are as follows: "The Necessity and Strategy for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Conference Reports, Curriculum
Peer reviewedSek-Hong, Ng – International Labour Review, 1987
Describes the evolution of government labor force development policy in Hong Kong, which has a developing market economy. Discusses the private sector's approach to training the labor force and covers salient features of the system that are likely to determine future orientations. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Guo, Shibao – Convergence, 2006
This study examines the role of adult education in bringing about social change through community development initiatives at a grassroots organisation called SUCCESS (United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society), an immigrant community organisation in Vancouver, Canada. It adopts a case study approach. The study focuses on the historical…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Case Studies, Organizational Development, Community Development
Hwang, Jong-Gon, Ed. – 1979
The impact of urbanization and industrialization on adult education in East and Southeast Asia was the subject of a conference attended by thirty-five East Asian adult educators and scholars. Conference objectives included the following: to identify the impact of industrial development in urban and rural communities and the related problems of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Case Studies
Download full textAsian Development Bank, Manila (Philippines). – 1987
The paper presented in this three-part conference report trace the growth and development of distance education in the Asian and Pacific region. Part 1 provides a general review. Part 2 contains the following case studies: "Distance Education in India" (S. P. Mullick); "Distance Education in Indonesia" (Professor Setijadi);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Continuing Education
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Kanwar, Asha S., Ed.; Taplin, Margaret, Ed. – 2001
This document consists of case studies documenting how distance education (DE) changed the lives of 23 women from the following locations: China; Hong Kong; India; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; and Bangladesh. The case studies illustrate that participating in DE can benefit not only a woman herself but also her husband, children, other family members, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Caregivers, Case Studies
Lockwood, Fred, Ed.; Gooley, Anne, Ed. – 2001
This book contains 19 papers examining innovation in open and distance learning through development of online and World Wide Web-based learning. The following papers are included: "Innovation in Distributed Learning: Creating the Environment" (Fred Lockwood); "Innovation in Open and Distance Learning: Some Lessons from Experience…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies
