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Download full textMiles, M. – 1996
This paper reviews the literature and presents a bibliography on the situation of people with mental retardation in Bangladesh. It begins with a review of the history of mental retardation in East Bengal, India (now Bangladesh) from the 1770s onwards but focuses on the development of disability information and formal services since the creation of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational History, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Doyle, Louis A.
A history of extension education in Nigeria, particularly as it relates to the University of Nigeria (Nsukka), is given with implications and reflections for other programs in Nigeria and other areas of Africa. Beginning in 1948, with the University College at Ibadan sponsored by the University of London, the history of extra-mural or extension…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Continuing Education Centers, Developing Nations
Broadbent, Marianne; And Others – Education for Librarianship: Australia, 1988
This series of 13 articles discusses library education in Australasia. Topics covered include masters programs in Australia; library education in New Zealand and Papua New Guinea; education for technicians, teacher librarians, and rural librarians; cataloging courses; special collections librarianship; information management; the information…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Curriculum Evaluation, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedHuebner, Thom – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Presents a historical examination of language policy within the social, political, and economic context of language use in American Samoa. Currently, evidence suggests that American Samoa is experiencing both language shift and native language skill attrition. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Needs, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1977
Part of a series which provides overviews of social science research and teaching in UNESCO member nations, the document focuses on Burma, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, and Singapore. One chapter is devoted to each of the five nations. For each country, the following information is presented: history of social science activity, institutional…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Asian Studies, Comparative Education, Cooperation
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1976
Part of a series which provides overviews of social science research and teaching in UNESCO member nations, the document focuses on Bangladesh, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Thailand. One chapter is devoted to each of the five nations. Chapter I discusses social science teaching at major universities in Bangladesh and recommends that research…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Asian Studies, Comparative Education, Cooperation
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1976
The document focuses on social science teaching and research in Afghanistan, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, and Nepal. One chapter is devoted to each of the five nations. The first chapter suggests that social science has not played a major role in the socioeconomic development of Afghanistan because most Afghans favor traditional ways of thinking. The…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Asian Studies, Comparative Education, Cooperation
