ERIC Number: ED374323
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: 134
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Development of Literacy Follow-up Materials on Agricultural Vocational Training (Horticulture and Animal Raising) for Adults in Rural Areas. Final Report. Regional Workshop on the Preparation of Literacy Follow-up Materials in Asia and the Pacific (11th, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 22-December 3, 1993).
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.; Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO, Tokyo (Japan).; Ministry of Education and Training, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam).; Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO, Ho Chi Minh City.
This final report contains the proceedings and other materials from a workshop to provide training experience in literacy follow-up materials development to participants from UNESCO member states in the Asia and Pacific region. Focus is on practical agricultural training for adults. The proceedings discuss the objectives of the workshop and summarize the following: opening addresses, orientation to the workshop, paper presentations and discussions, group work, planning of national follow-up activities, and closing. Recommendations of the workshop are listed. Chapter I consists of six presentations: "Horticulture and Animal Raising in Vietnam: Problems and Needs" (Tuyen); "Training in Vocational Agriculture: Experiences of the Department of Non-Formal Education, Thailand" (Choomnoom); "Development and Production of Literacy Follow-up Materials in the Field of Agricultural Vocational Training" (Hoang); "How To Develop Effective and Attractive Literacy Follow-up Materials" (Sharma); "UNESCO Report: Education for Human Development" (Sakya); and "ACCU Report: ACCU's Regional Cooperative Literacy Programs in Asia and the Pacific--Literacy Materials Development and Personnel Training." Chapter II reports on the field survey, development, and field testing of materials by three groups during the workshop. The three group reports are provided. Chapter III contains the reports of 18 countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam) and plans of follow-up activities for nine (Afghanistan, China, Indonesia, Maldives, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam). An appendix provides general information, schedule of the workshop, list of participants, and opening speeches by Dao, Sakya, and Miyamoto. (YLB)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.; Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO, Tokyo (Japan).; Ministry of Education and Training, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam).; Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO, Ho Chi Minh City.
Identifiers - Location: Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China; India; Indonesia; Iran; Laos; Malaysia; Maldives; Mongolia; Nepal; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Thailand; Vietnam
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