A project designed to train teachers of English in Laos, sponsored by the Australia Agency for International Development (AusAID) through the English Language Training Project (ELTP) and more recently through the Laos English Language Project (LELP), is described. The project has two main components: development of a modular English language…

Since establishment of formal dental education in Southeast Asia, changes stemming from research and technology have led to dental curriculum changes. Development of the dental curriculum can be divided into three phases: disease oriented; health oriented; and community oriented. Evolution of these phases is traced in the dental curricula of Laos,…

This document examines educational reforms that have occurred in Mongolia and Laos. Both nations have expanded educational opportunity drastically over the years. Both had extensive literacy campaigns following the establishment of socialism. Laos has undertaken development projects with the support of the USSR, Eastern European countries, and…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ANALYZE EDUCATIONAL DATA AND SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE NEEDS OF PRESERVICE AND INSERVICE AGRICULTURAL TRAINING FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS, TO SUGGEST EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND CURRICULUM WHICH WILL MEET THE DAILY NEEDS OF THE RURAL PEOPLE, AND TO DISCUSS THE CONTRIBUTIONS AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION COULD…