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Baker, Trish; Clark, Jill – Intercultural Education, 2011
Educational research in cooperative learning suggests that inequity based on perceived status may be an issue with heterogeneous cooperative learning groups. This paper explores issues of status based on race, ethnicity and cultural background in the New Zealand tertiary classroom where there is a diverse mix of domestic and international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Postsecondary Education, Longitudinal Studies
Rausaria, R. R., Ed.; Bhushan, Bharat, Ed.; Lele, N. A., Ed. – 2000
This guidebook is intended to help researchers apply for funds for research projects in distance education through the Distance Education Council of Indira Gandhi National Open University (India). The stated intent of this guidebook is to encourage system-based research; to promote in-depth studies to evaluation programs, their impact, and their…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Joshi, D. C.; Sharma, R. C. – University Administration, 1976
Compiled from "A Survey of Research in Education" at the University of Baroda, India, this bibliography includes about 75 citations dated largely from 1962 to 1972. Topics covered include student capabilities, curriculum, admissions, economic issues, testing, teaching, etc. (LBH)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Instruction, College Students, Educational Finance
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Shankar, R. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1979
Reviews the Farmers' Functional Literacy Programme and various definitions of literacy, and describes a study in four villages of Deoria (India) to investigate the relationship between farmers' literacy status and their adoption of improved agricultural practices. Discusses the indicated trend toward agricultural improvement with rising literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Production, Correlation, Developing Nations
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Reddy, B. L.; Wilson, M. J. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1979
Describes a study to investigate attitudes of college-trained teacher-volunteers toward the Farmers' Functional Literacy Programme, part of the National Adult Education Programme in India. Item analysis of the attitude statements response indicated for the most part strongly favorable attitudes toward the program to educate farmers in improved…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Production, Developing Nations, Educational Research
Hall, Budd, Ed.; And Others – 1982
This book, consisting of 13 papers, deals with the theory, practice, and reactions to participatory research in the area of social research for development. Included in the volume are the following papers: "Breaking the Monopoly of Knowledge: Research Methods, Participation, and Development," by Budd Hall; "Creating Alternative…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Programs, Educational Research
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education. – 1999
This booklet, which was produced as a follow-up to the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education, presents examples of key areas where research is currently being conducted by various public and nongovernmental agencies and recommends ways to enhance communication among researchers. The first 75% of the booklet reviews recent research on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning