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Capper, Colleen A. – 1989
This article proposes the use of special education knowledge within a general education framework. Research on federal policies to achieve educational equity has shown that special education policies have created elements of an unequal educational system. Rural educators need to move beyond "special education" in rural settings, to address the…
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Zaikin, M. I. – Soviet Education, 1990
Addresses the inappropriateness of methods designed for large classrooms in a small rural school. Offers advantages of small class that are lost in stereotypes based on larger classes. Discusses orientation to the average pupil contrasted with opportunities for more individualized materials in a small class. Criticizes the predominance of frontal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Materials, Rural Education
Denise, Paul S., Ed.; Harris, Ian M., Ed. – 1989
The third in a series of volumes of curriculum essays on the concepts, issues, and strategies of community development education and training is presented. Five sections with 20 papers are as follows: (1) introduction: theories, definitions, and origins of experiential education--"Experiential Education for Community Development" (I. Harris, P.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Cooperation, Educational Experience, Educational Innovation
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Santiago (Chile). Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. – 1986
The Major Project in the Field of Education stresses renewed and intensive efforts by Latin American and Caribbean Island countries to provide the resources and training necessary to meet basic education needs by the year 2000. This document examines project achievements, innovations, and problems through 1986 in the areas of rural education,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education