The authors review the contribution of qualitative methods to exploring concepts and experiences of wellbeing among children and adults living in developing countries. They provide examples illustrating the potential of these methods for gaining a holistic and contextual understanding of people's perceptions and experiences. Some of these come…

As rural Appalachian schools in Ohio in the United States struggle to overcome institutional bias and lack of understanding to accommodate the needs of the growing population of immigrant students from diverse countries, immigrant parents struggle to fit into a new cultural environment and to secure the best education for their children. This…

This paper is a description of the first collaborative research project of a self-initiated teacher development group in South India. All five members who undertook the research are practicing teachers who have at one time taught English-as-a-Second-Language classes at the preuniversity or undergraduate level. (two references) (JL)

The present study of a small town in rural West Bengal, India, reveals a number of "love-marriages" involving individuals from castes of distinctly different ranks in the local caste hierarchy. Despite the prevailing rule of caste endogamy, inter-caste couples appear to face little difficulty. (Author)

This paper tackles the assumption that as a country with a joint family system modernizes, the result will be the decline of the joint family in terms of the property relations among fathers, sons, and brothers. (Author)

Describes services aimed at agricultural information dissemination in India, which are based on a network of extension services provided through the cooperative efforts of agricultural universities, research institutes, state and federal government agencies, voluntary organizations, and commercial agencies. (CLB)

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…

Article deals with emergency and adult education in the area of winning the war against poverty in India. (ML)

This paper critically examines hypothesized trends towards the conjugal family in India. Trends which have been interpreted as supporting movements towards the Western model of the conjugal family have been critically examined. (Author)

This report hypothesized that Indian university students approve of abortion, that religiosity neutralizes the influence of education in abortion attitudes, and that Indian students are more liberal in their attitudes on abortion than American Catholic students. To test these hypotheses, the author collected data from 150 students from two…

Strategies for weed control in cropped and non-cropped areas are presented together with an operational plan for implementing a program for weed control at the national level. The program includes training personnel and community education procedures. (EC)

Study in India showed that functionally literate farmers produced higher crop yields. (SP)

Describes efforts by the government and educational institutions in India to explore and apply future studies and to raise the futures-consciousness of decision-makers and the general public. Research programs, training programs, workshops, and cooperative international agreements are examined. (AM)

The theories of Bott (1971) and Kapferer (1973) which relate the pattern of conjugal roles to the structure of social networks are discussed in light of a study of an urban lower caste community in India. The two theories are related to different aspects of the conjugal "role." (Author)

Tested four hypotheses. Two hypotheses were: (a) The levels of knowledge and adoption of family planning are positively related to the frequency of husband-wife communication regarding birth control; (b) interspouse communication increases with level of education. The findings indicate a marked absence of husband-wife communication. (Author)