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Direct linkAdams, Anda M. – Brookings Institution, 2012
With fewer than three years until the planned end-date of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), attention is rapidly turning to what will follow. The elaboration of the next global development agenda is a complex, multipronged process that is academic, political and practical, involving experts from a myriad of social and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Development, Poverty, Equal Education
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Download full textDooley, Karen – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2009
The arrival of substantial cohorts of English language learners from Africa with little, no or severely interrupted schooling is requiring new pedagogic responses from teachers in Australia and other Western countries of refugee re-settlement. If the students are to have optimal educational and life chances, it is crucial for them to acquire…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Educationally Disadvantaged, Refugees, English (Second Language)
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1989
This document, one of a series of British occasional papers on basic education, investigates adult literacy practices in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The texts and their authors are "Building a National Movement: The Caribbean Experience" (Didacus Jules); "Literacy and Empowerment: A Definition for Literacy"…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Developing Nations
John, Martha Tyler – 1989
This paper, focusing on schooling for children in Africa, recommends a pedagogy that begins with the practical, everyday experiences of the child and proceeds by extension toward more abstract ideas. It is pointed out that the basic areas of survival--food, clothing, and shelter--could be treated in courses in agriculture, home economics, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Development, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development
Cain, Joyce; Schuman, Susan; VanBelle-Prouty, Diane, Ed.; Duerbeck, Dena, Ed. – 1994
This report offers numerous cross-sectoral explorations in the context of health and human resources analyses in Africa. Intended as a resource document for funding agencies, program managers, and policy makers in Africa, the study aims to spark interest in using basic education to foster behavior conducive to broad-based, sustainable economic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, African Studies, Basic Skills, Democratic Values
Adey, David, Comp.; And Others – 1987
Eighteen papers from the University of South Africa's Conference on Distance Education are presented on issues in education and distance education. They include: "Distance Education in Africa's Educational Development: The Case of Ghana" (Joe K. Ansere); "Distance Education: A Solution to the Economic Problems of Education in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Art History, Basic Skills, Continuing Education
