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Thummalapalli, Rohit; Williams, Jachin D.; Khoshnood, Kaveh; Salchow, Daniel J.; Forster, Susan H. – Health Education Journal, 2013
Objective: To evaluate the effect of education sessions on Indian schoolteacher awareness of childhood eye health issues, responsibility for children's eye health, and successful participation in a teacher-led eye screening health intervention programme in primary schools aimed at addressing avoidable childhood blindness in India. Design:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Vision, Vision Tests
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Raval, Harini; McKenney, Susan; Pieters, Jules – Studies in Continuing Education, 2010
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are being recognized globally for their influential role in realizing the UN Millennium Development Goal of education for all in developing countries. NGOs mostly employ untrained para-educators for grassroots activities. The professional development of these teachers is critical for NGO effectiveness, yet…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nongovernmental Organizations, Models, Lesson Plans
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Williams, J. R. Parry; Pullan, Mollie – Journal of Biological Education, 1971
Descriptors: Biology, Inservice Teacher Education, International Education, Laboratory Procedures
Asian Centre of Educational Innovation for Development, Bangkok (Thailand). – 1981
Fourteen innovative educational programs implemented by countries in Asia and the Pacific region are described to aid other educators engaged in planning and implementing innovative programs. The programs are: faculty-oriented breakfast programme (Australia); farm school on the air (India); multimedia, inservice teacher training for primary…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Correspondence Study, Educational Innovation, Educational Television
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1986
Papers designed to help build multidisciplinary training networks for rural development are collected in this document, an outgrowth of a regional training workshop attended by participants from Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Thailand, and India. The six papers deal with the objectives of the workshop which were to:…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Development, Cooperative Programs, Developing Nations
Mulay, Vijaya – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1978
Describes the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) which provided information and instruction via satellite to rural India. The satellite program supplied inservice teacher training to update content knowledge and teaching approaches in science. (KC)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Television
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1977
A Study Group, convened by the Asian Centre of Educational Innovation for Development at Bangkok, classified national policy statements, development plans, and innovative programmes in three categories: changes in the concept of rural development; changes in the concepts of education "for" and "in" rural development, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Competency Based Teacher Education, Core Curriculum, Educational Innovation
Udaipur Univ. (India). – 1972
This is the final report on the assistance to agricultural research, education, and extension organization given by The Ohio State University (OSU) to the development of the University of Udaipur in the State of Rajasthan, India. The preliminary program of 1955-1964 consisted of assigning OSU faculty members to India, providing professional…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Agricultural Education, College Administration, Coordination