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Education for All and the Dream of an Alternative Prison Policy in Brazil
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de Sa e Silva, Fabio – Convergence, 2009
This article examines the development and the legacy of a policy making experience that was undertaken in Brazil from 2004 to 2006, under a project labelled "Educating for Freedom". The project sought to provide prison inmates with access to education. It was carried out by a coalition that comprised the Ministry of Education, the…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Foreign Countries, Access to Education
Research as a Democratic Process: Educational Community Development in Brazil through Participatory Research.
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Gormley, Kevin J. – Convergence, 2001
A participatory research project sought to define community education needs, locate resources, and ensure the sustainability of educational development. Results were used to expand Hall's participatory research model by describing the project through four perspectives: concrete (what was done), communicative (what was said), cognitive (what was…
Descriptors: Community Development, Democracy, Educational Development, Foreign Countries
The Integrated Women's Empowering Programme (IWEP) as an Example for Establishing Basic Structures of a Nationwide Adult Education System in a Poor Country
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Sandhaas, Bernd – Convergence, 2008
Within Ethiopia's overall development strategy, the Integrated Women's Empowerment Programme (IWEP) aims to develop, test and implement a comprehensive nationwide approach to empower women and their households in selected areas of all regions/national states of Ethiopia. The programme provides functional literacy education and livelihood skills…
Descriptors: Females, Economically Disadvantaged, Adult Education, Foreign Countries
An Adult Education Programme for the Igorot Women of Northern Philippines
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Smith, Mary Ann; And Others – Convergence, 1975
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged
Adult Education in the People's Republic of Korea
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Convergence, 1974
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
A Question of Participation: Action and Research in the New Communities Project
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Fordham, Paul; And Others – Convergence, 1975
The New Communities Project is an attempt to involve the majority socioeconomic groups of British society in adult education. (AG)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Demography, Participation