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Download full textBernard, Anne; Gayfer, Margaret – 1983
A study examined the nature and extent of women's participation in adult and nonformal education in third world areas. During the study, female coordinators of adult and nonformal educational programs for women in the Arab states, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, and the South Pacific collected information on such…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Mexico. – 1979
Twelve papers from the Inter-American Development Bank's second seminar on educational finance in Latin America and the Caribbean analyze and present statistical data in two broad areas. First, they examine the relationships among Latin America's expanding educational programs, their costs and financing, and each country's socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropout Prevention, Economic Development, Educational Demand
Wollschlager, Norbert, Ed. – 1991
The proceedings of the congress include the following workshop summaries: "Continuing Education and Training (CET) and Society" (Sellin); "The Social Dialogue" (Smith); "The Role of the Social Partners in Vocational and Further Training in Denmark" (Jensen); "Problems of Vocational Training in the Period of…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economics
Fordham, Paul, Ed. – 1980
The six-chapter book highlights the main issues and findings of the 1979 New Delhi Conference on Non-formal Education for Development. Chapter 1 defines non-formal education, discusses development needs, and discusses motivation at the political, operational, and participatory level. Chapter 1 includes two case studies of non-formal education in…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Change Strategies
International Council on Education for Teaching, Washington, DC. – 1988
This volume consists of papers presented at a joint conference. Among the topics addressed were: preservice and inservice teacher education, multicultural education, reflective teaching, instructional improvement, curriculum models, educational change, beginning teacher induction, collaboration, teacher and student teacher supervision, educational…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Hiroshima Univ. (Japan). Research Inst. for Higher Education. – 1985
Expansion of the past 10 years in Asian higher education and associated problems, as well as the role of colleges and universities in national development, are discussed in 11 papers from a 1985 International Seminar. Paper titles and authors include: "Prospects and Problems in Asian Higher Education: Introductory Presentation by the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Degrees (Academic), Developing Nations
Inayatullah, C., Ed. – 1976
A 10-day seminar for senior government officials concerned with making rural development policies in selected Asian countries focused on programs adopted by various Asian governments to tackle rural development problems. To compare various approaches, seven indicators of rural development were used: agricultural productivity; rural employment;…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation
Fuglesang, Andreas, Ed. – 1973
The objective of the two week long 1972 Dag Hammarskjold Seminar was to break away from traditional and theoretical concepts of information work in order to gain a practical insight into communication, especially as it applies to social and economic development. Fifty participants and lecturers from developed and developing countries in Europe and…
Descriptors: Administration, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Medel-Anonuevo, Carolyn, Ed. – 1995
This document contains seven papers about and from the International Seminar on Women's Education and Empowerment, which was convened to give women educators and researchers from diverse sociocultural backgrounds an opportunity to examine collectively different education practices and their theoretical implications for empowering women. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship
Alliance, an Association for Alternative Degree Programs. – 1991
Workshops and presentations in this volume are as follows: "Learning the Language of Learning" (Firestone); "Self-Study Examination Program of Higher Education for Adults in China" (Wang, Smith); "Using the Principles and Process of Adult Learning to Develop an Award Level Program for the Education of Adult Educators: An…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Townsend, Tony, Ed.; Cowdell, Jennie, Ed. – 1988
The following papers, panel discussion, summaries, and comments are included in this conference proceedings document: "Education: The Essential Partnership" (Ramsey); "Australia's Involvement in Education in the Pacific: Partnership or Patronage?" (Baba); "Report by the Rapporteur to the Final Plenary Session"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs
Palmer, Lillian, Ed.; And Others – 1987
This symposium focused on the special needs of visually handicapped infants and young children. Texts of 48 papers are presented, including keynote addresses by W. Aubrey Webson ("The First Steps") and Heather Hewitt ("First Steps--Parenting, Prevention and Programming"). Regional reports are provided for Japan, Bangladesh, the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Child Rearing, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Development
Collins, Randall; And Others – 1984
These papers from an International Committee on Family Research (CFR) seminar explore seven themes, four of which are presented in Part 1. The first set of papers approach the question of whether the family is worth supporting and the related issue of pressures, conflicts, and expectations of family life (Theme 1). Randall Collins discusses…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Rate, Competence, Conflict
Open Univ., Walton, Bletchley, Bucks (England). – 1976
Research and decision making in educational broadcasting is the theme of the 24 papers summarized in this document. There are ten papers on research and decision making in educational broadcasting and ten papers on evaluation and research in broadcasting. Evaluations of educational communications projects in the following countries are summarized:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Broadcast Industry, Communications, Communications Satellites
Beckham, Edgar F., Ed. – 2000
This publication includes six essays that were presented at the first of three tri-national seminars on diversity issues in higher education. The seminars brought together representatives and observers of higher education from India, South Africa, and the United States to explore the role of higher education in promoting understanding of human…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Apartheid, Caste, Change Strategies
