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Okpala, Donatus C. I. – Human Organization, 1980
The paper documents and analyzes the nature of community self-help efforts in rural areas of Anambra State, Nigeria. It notes that community perceptions of development are based on a social and economic yardstick and differ from the prevailing public policy on agricultural development. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Development, Community Planning, Developing Nations
Watts, Ann D. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1980
Reports on results of a survey sent to a random sample of the American Planning Association in Virginia, Iowa, and Colorado and to the entire membership of the Virginia Planning Caucus. (AN)
Descriptors: Community Planning, Dropouts, Higher Education, Needs Assessment

Cebotarev, Eleonora A. – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1980
The author's investigation of women's programs in rural development in twelve Latin American countries shows that such programs ignore the time constraints of women's domestic and family responsibilities. She proposes a model for nonoppressive adult education that will enable rural women to integrate their varied roles. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dropouts, Family Life, Family Role

Dove, Linda A. – Comparative Education, 1980
This paper examines the literature on the role of the rural elementary school in community change and discusses certain socio-economic factors which may help determine a community's acceptance or rejection of the school. It concludes with a discussion on the relationship of the community to the community school. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Schools, Comparative Education, Developing Nations

Kexiao, Lei – International Review of Education, 1980
Describes the structure of the Chinese rural school system and its operational ties to the communes, which provide the "productive labor" component of Chinese education, various resources and facilities for schools, and governance of agrotechnical education at the middle and secondary level. (SJL)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Collective Settlements, Communism, Community Control

Araujo, Jose Emilio G. – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1978
Discusses the need for and the difficulties in providing rural development and education programs for rural workers in Latin America and suggests linking adult education with community associative enterprises. Low income rural workers maintain membership by contributing their work to the enterprise and receive goods according to their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Laborers, Community Organizations

Taylor, Quintard – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1977
Blacks who settled in the Western United States influenced the region's development in a number of ways, including agriculture, the cattle industry, mining, and business. (MC)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Black Businesses, Black History, Black Influences
Rao, V. K. R. V. – ASPBAE Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Developing Nations, Dropouts, Educational Needs

Coombs, Philip H. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1974
The paper is a summary of some impressions of agricultural education that my colleagues and I gained during the past two years in the course of conducting an international study of non-formal education for rural development. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations
Leagans, J. Paul – Social Sciences: Education, 1974
Some major dimensions of an evolutionary trend in which the rural development process has become separated from the modern agricultural development process are analyzed and the implications related to emerging opportunities of land-grant universities, government agencies, and business enterprises for broadened public service to rural…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Demography, Dropouts
Kozakiewicz, Mikolaj – 1972
The function of schooling on different levels in the direction of the processes of social mobility which influence the development of rural areas in Poland were studied during 1967-71. Data was collected by means of a network of 35 permanent teacher correspondents, as well as 2 field stations which were operated for 3 years in 2 investigated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Influences, Dropouts, Economic Factors
Rural Development Perspectives, 1978
This state of the art report sees progress toward improving social and economic conditions in rural America, but cites areas where there is lag when compared with metro counterparts. Wage levels, family income, employment opportunities, housing, and access to health and other essential services could be improved. (Author/KR)
Descriptors: Dropouts, Growth Patterns, Population Trends, Quality of Life

Barber, Elinor G. – Comparative Education Review, 1981
The author argues against specialized education programs for rural children in developing nations, asserting that these children's education should not essentially differ from that considered suitable for urban children. For a contrasting opinion, see the article by David R. Evans (pp232-43). (See AA 533 194.) (SJL)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropouts, Educational Needs, Educational Policy

Evans, David R. – Comparative Education Review, 1981
Reacting to the preceding article (pp216-21) by Elinor G. Barber, the author argues against a single formal system of general education for both rural and urban areas of developing nations. (See AA 533 193.) (SJL)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropouts, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Fraser, Colin – Ceres, 1981
Discusses problems associated with communication in rural areas to promote participation in development programs. Suggests that success of such programs depends on continued government policy in favor of citizen participation in agricultural and rural development. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Audiovisual Aids, Communications, Community Development