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Pedagogy of Global Positioning Leadership as Applied to Study Abroad
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Bongila, J. P. – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2022
This article examines how the pedagogy of Global Positioning Leadership (GPL) enhanced the educational and global leadership mindset of graduate students who participated in three short-term study abroad programs in Cuba (2015), and Brazil (2016 and 2017). In this study, GPL also made use of grounded theory to analyze the change of worldview…
Descriptors: International Education, Study Abroad, World Views, Cultural Awareness
The Cuban Model for Higher Education of Older Adults: Generativity, Social Commitment, and Collaborative Work
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Yuni, José Alberto; Urbano, Claudio Ariel – Educational Gerontology, 2014
The present work is an approach to study the "Cuban model" for educating the elderly, and its aim is to describe the main features of the experience developed by this country. The University of the Third Age is more than three decades old in Latin America, but none of the countries in the region can show a state educational policy…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Models
Gathering Time-Series Data for Evaluating Behavior-Change Campaigns in Developing Countries: Reactivity of Diaries and Interviews
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Tobias, Robert; Inauen, Jennifer – Evaluation Review, 2010
Gathering time-series data of behaviors and psychological variables is important to understand, guide, and evaluate behavior-change campaigns and other change processes. However, repeated measurement can affect the phenomena investigated, particularly frequent face-to-face interviews, which are often the only option in developing countries. This…
Descriptors: Intervention, Diaries, Foreign Countries, Enrollment Trends
A New Look at the Literacy Campaign in Cuba.
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Kozol, Jonathan – Harvard Educational Review, 1978
Based on interviews in Cuba and publications generally unavailable in the U.S., author examines history and success of Cuban literacy campaign. Outlines logistical/pedagogical challenges; describes recruitment and training of volunteer teachers and development of instructional methods. Concludes with case studies illustrating application of Paulo…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Illiteracy, Lighting
CD-ROM Technology Use in Developing Countries: An Evaluation.
Beaumont, Jane; Balson, David – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1988
Describes an evaluative project in which a prototype bibliographic database on optical data disk was installed in six developing country libraries and a Canadian library. The results of the project are discussed in terms of user satisfaction and cost effectiveness, and recommendations are made to donor agencies, information providers, and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations
Report of the Republic of Cuba to the 36th International Conference on Public Education.
Ministry of Education, Havana (Cuba). – 1977
The Cuban Ministry of Education relates difficulty in presenting a valid report on education in Cuba from 1974-76 due to major changes instituted in 1975 in the first year of a five-year educational improvement plan. Information presented in the document is the most up to date available, however, and does reflect Cuba's objective to structure…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communism, Comparative Education, Developing Nations