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Download full textDuke, Chris, Ed.; And Others – 1980
This issue of Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education Courier Service focuses on communications within the region. The first paper discusses development and communication and the training needs for workers in these areas. The next two items briefly address how broadcasting for nonformal education is being approached in Indonesia, which…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Correspondence Study, Developing Nations
La Belle, Thomas J. – 1976
The book explores why nonformal education programs in Latin America fail to promote and influence desired social change. Nonformal education includes community involvement and technical training in schools after school hours, adult basic education, extension courses relating to agriculture, health, and community enterprises. The book contains…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Comparative Education
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2003
The effectiveness of Australia's Adult Learners' Week campaign was evaluated before the event in August, 2001, and 2002, and after the event in September, 2001 and 2002. Each of these stages in the evaluation involved a random telephone survey of approximately 1,000 Australian residents over the age of 18 years. In addition, focus groups were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis
Livingstone, D. W.; Roth, Reuben – 2001
A study analyzed the schooling, further adult course participation, and informal learning of organized and unorganized workers in different occupational classes across Canada. Data were obtained from the first Canadian national survey of 1,562 adults' informal learning practices, conducted in 1998, and field notes and interview transcripts drawn…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Continuing Education, Developed Nations, Employee Attitudes
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). – 1997
Current practice in accreditation of prior and informal learning in the United Kingdom was examined through a review of literature on how the accreditation of prior and informal learning is being used to gain access to higher education or toward certification of a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) or Scottish Vocational Qualification (SVQ).…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Faris, Ron – 1995
This report examines access to lifelong learning opportunities on Canada's information highway. The report begins with a glossary and a learner-centered model in which the information highway links learners with learning opportunities provided through educational institutions, community organizations, government, and business and industry.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Computer Uses in Education
Haddad, Caroline, Ed. – UNESCO Bangkok, 2006
Equivalency programmes (EPs) refers to alternative education programmes that are equivalent to the formal education system in terms of curriculum and certification, policy support mechanisms, mode of delivery, staff training, and other support activities such as monitoring, evaluation and assessment. The development of EPs is potentially an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workshops, Nontraditional Education, Curriculum Development
Brown, Gerald R.; Halliday, Joseph – 1994
Interviews were conducted with educational leaders in seven of the Caribbean islands during August and September 1994 concerning the development of a regional Curriculum Development and Materials Production and Equipment Centre (CAMPAEC). Visits to several sites, reading of background documents, and additional research were also completed. The…
Descriptors: Costs, Courseware, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration
Mohanty, B. B. – 1989
This book is a compilation of 12 articles and papers on topics of relevance to adult education in India. "Nonformal Education in the Learning Society" highlights the importance of this type of education. "Adult Education in India" presents one educator's views about this topic, the size and dimensions of the problems, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Audiovisual Aids, Citizen Participation
Connect, 1992
This document consists of the eight issues of the UNESCO-UNEP Environmental Education Newsletter published in 1991 and 1992. The lead article in the March 1991 issue, "From Awareness to Action via Nonformal Environmental Education," discusses the different methods to translate and transmit environmental education concepts to citizens in…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Buddhism, College Curriculum, College Students
United Nations Children's Fund, Paris (France). – 1987
This digest presents the main elements of a regional seminar held in Sucre, Bolivia, to analyze and assess basic education and literacy programs that have been implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition to UNICEF and UNESCO officials, some 36 experts from 11 countries participated in the meeting. Although the initial aim of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Child Development, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Tate, Sean – 1982
A technical note based on the Indonesian Nonformal Education Project discusses use of Q-sort, originally a research technique for studying small groups or individuals, as a needs assessment method. The background of Q-sort, designed to take subjective factors into account, is covered, and its use in needs assessment described: cards, each of which…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods
Luft, Murray – 1983
A discussion paper on popular adult non-formal education in rural Bolivia, based on four months of 1982 fieldwork, focuses on the nature of popular education and its meaning in a contemporary Bolivian context, program methods and operational strategies employed, outcomes and impacts on peasant participants (many of them Indians), and problems and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Education, Case Studies, Change Agents
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Nairobi (Kenya). Regional Office of Science and Technology for Africa. – 1980
A survey of basic education in 13 Eastern African countries (Madagascar, Burundi, Comores, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, and Somalia) covers basic education programs and UNICEF's supporting role. Basic education is seen as a concept evolved in the region, involving formal school systems and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Schools, Cultural Education, Developing Nations
Gentry, Curtis; And Others – 1983
This manual is intended to serve as a guide for those who are helping future Peace Corps Volunteers to acquire basic beekeeping skills. Included in the guide are lesson outlines and handouts for use in each of the 52 sessions of the course. Representative topics discussed in the individual sessions are family live-in, training site investigation,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Skills
