In order to facilitate more effective exchange between Canada and developing countries, a selective inventory of educational inventing in Canada has been compiled. A pilot survey produced a large number of educational innovations some of which were chosen for distribution in the inventory based on choices made by planning officers in developing…

Discusses the developmental activities in the field of education of the International Labor Organization. (SB)

Deals with conceptualization of problems of information, the empirical results obtained in the program of action launched by the Centro Latinoamericano de Documentacion Economica y Social (CLADES), and the proposal to establish interorganizational cooperation and coordination to draw up a regional plan for information development. A 17-item…

Third World countries need to produce permanent leadership talent from their own citizens instead of leasing temporary talent from outside sources. This paper describes the low cultural self-image which creates reluctance to support gifted education. A model program is proposed, calling for establishment of a network for exchanging information and…

The Christoffel-Blindenmission helps support 26 schools, centers, and rehabilitation programs for individuals with visual impairments in South America. This article discusses the organization's limited use of foreign specialists to discourage overdependency on the agency and to encourage local personnel to establish their own programs. (Author/JDD)

Argues that educational reform in South African higher education must take into account the dynamic contextual realities and the people within each unique situation. Offers some strategies for change based on the author's experience at the Technikon Natal (South Africa). These include getting leadership support of changes, encouraging…

Designed to help communities in preliterate societies break the barrier of illiteracy, this book presents a simple basic foundation for literacy instruction that can be handled by local people with little experience. The book explains each step with great detail. The four chapters are as follows: (1) "Local Language Literacy and Developing…

A guide to the identification and preparation of projects in the spheres of competence of UNESCO is presented in part in this document. The purpose was to help teams responsible for identifying and preparing projects in the field of education by indicating the main questions that arise in such work, the information to be gathered, the analyses to…

Measures were proposed that would enable UNICEF, in association with others and despite prevailing difficult economic circumstances, to more effectively bring well-being and hope to hundreds of millions of children. Specific proposals were designed to help most countries accelerate child survival and development. Most particularly, it was…

The present financial crisis in the world's developing nations, as evidenced by the external debt situation in Latin America, is forcing governmental decision makers to make some very hard choices regarding the financing of education. In times of such hard choices, it is important that those responsible for funding education in developing nations…