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Download full textEkstrand, Gudrun, Ed. – 1992
This document consists of a report on the Minor Field Studies (MFS) program of the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) and contains two MFS papers by teacher trainees at the Malmo School of Education in Sweden. The papers presented are "Drop-outs in Orissa," by Elisabeth Rosen, and "Education in India: A Study of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Peer reviewedEapen, K. E. – Journal of Communication, 1979
Discusses the significance of rural realities and values in intended effective communication exercises as well as problems in conducting research at the village level. Highlights results of surveys of the impact of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) programs on two Indian villages. (JMF)
Descriptors: Audiences, Communications Satellites, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences
Sokolovsky, Jay; Sokolovsky, Joan – 1983
A volume devoted to aging and the aged in Third World societies focuses on ethnographic case studies from Papua New Guinea, China, India, the Sudan, and Mexico. The first of five articles, "Sweeping Men and Harmless Women: Responsibility and Gender Identity in Later Life" (Dorothy Ayers Counts), examines the perception of gender over the…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Case Studies, Developing Nations, Ethnography
Rogers, Everett M. – 1972
Taboo communication is examined in relation to its distinctive characteristics and its significance in inhibiting social change involving birth control in Asian and other countries. Taboo communication tends to occur between very high homophilous individuals, which poses problems for communications research. Research is inhibited when researchers…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Attitude Change, Change Agents
Makhija, H. R. – 1968
The book traces the development of training schemes in India for community development workers. It is divided into four parts which deal with: origin and growth of the Community Development Training Programme; problems encountered and the process of solutions through trial and error; major reorganization of the initial program and the research…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Change Agents, Community Development, Developing Nations
