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Download full textUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1992
This research summary presents discussions from two regional workshops held in Indonesia and Pakistan in 1989 and 1991, respectively. The focus of the workshops was to formulate prototype instructional materials of population education core messages for primary education, literacy and continuing education programs in the Asia Pacific Programme of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demography, Development, Educational Development
Sherman, Kerry – 1995
Educational curricula have often been shaped more by worldwide standards and modern values than by national or regional influences and may, in some cases, be irrelevant to student and local community needs. This paper explores ways in which curricula can be adapted to a region's specific, social, political, and regional conditions. It begins with…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
Saad, Ismail, Comp. – 1969
This 123-item bibliography with English abstracts of recent books and articles on various aspects of Pakistan education includes a special section on new education policy. Emphasis is placed on elementary, secondary, and higher education, history of education, literature for children, science education, sociology, teacher training, and women's…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Methods
de Armengol, Mercy Abreu – 1990
This report by the UNESCO Institute for Education compares approaches to providing nonformal education to out-of-school children in Bangladesh, Burundi, Colombia, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The report analyzes some of the educational and demographic characteristics of the six countries, and the countries' policies concerning universal primary…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Children, Curriculum Development
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1978
In its summary of the literacy situation in thirteen Asian countries, this report analyzes the problems created by illiteracy and makes recommendations to aid in its eradication. Recognizing that illiteracy prevents people from participating in or contributing to their nation's development, part 1 in its general report develops a model national…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Abadzi, Helen – 2003
Adult literacy program outcomes have been disappointing. A number of principals and methods from cognitive and neuropsychological research can be used to make literacy instruction more effective, including the following: improving cognitive function; fast reading; reading practice; literacy as a motivator; and improving use of class time.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Cost Effectiveness
