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Manevska-Tasevska, Gordana – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2013
Purpose: This study sought to explore how farmers' knowledge attributes influence the technical efficiency of their farms. In addition, farm efficiency was compared to the actual Macedonian Rural Development Programme (RDP) (2007-2013) and instruments considered to improve Macedonian education potential were evaluated. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Evidence, Program Effectiveness, Agricultural Production, Developing Nations
Thomas, Vinod – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
After some 65 years of international development assistance, it is still difficult to show the effectiveness of aid in ways that are fully convincing. In part, this reflects inadequacies in the evaluation systems of the bilateral, multilateral, and global organizations that provide official development aid. Underlying these weaknesses often are a…
Descriptors: International Programs, Program Development, Economic Development, Program Evaluation
Braun, Gerald – Industry and Higher Education, 2012
Although a great deal of time, resources and effort goes into the education of potential or existing entrepreneurs, our knowledge of the effects of this education is still rather limited. It can be argued that an imbalance exists between the substantial amount of finance and manpower invested in entrepreneurship education programmes and the very…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Developing Nations, Program Evaluation
Hunte, Stephanie – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
The number of online continuous education and training initiatives continues to increase in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and by extension, the number of adult learners who are unfamiliar with the peculiarities of the online teaching and learning environment. The extent to which these learners can derive maximum benefit from…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Online Courses
Assantachai, Prasert; Bunnag, Chaweewan; Piya-Anant, Manee; Thamlikitkul, Visanu – Educational Gerontology, 2006
Effective strategies that bring health promotion messages to older adults in a developing country are needed. To evaluate the impact of various education media upon changes in knowledge and health behavior, a double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted involving 1,268 older adults in a southwest Bangkok suburb. Group teaching…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Older Adults, Developing Nations, Health Behavior
Osokoya, Modupe M.; Adekunle, Adewale – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2007
The Leventis Foundation (Nigeria) Agricultural Schools (LFNAS) are schools established to train youths to develop their state and their nation in the area of food production. This study sought to assess the trainability of enrollees in the three operating LFNAS. Five research questions were posed. The CIPP evaluation model was adopted. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Economic Development, Developing Nations
Higgs, Philip; Keevy, James – Perspectives in Education, 2007
This article reflects on the reliability of the evidence contained in the National Qualifications Framework Impact Study, a longitudinal comparative study conducted by the South African Qualifications Authority since 2002. In so doing, the veracity of evidence-based research in determining the impact of the South African Qualifications Framework…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Program Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Osunde, A. U.; Omoruyi, F. E. O. – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2004
This study evaluated the manpower-training program for teaching personnel in mid-western Nigeria by the National Teachers' Institute. Overall, 240 participants involved in the training program who were randomly selected from the area constituted the sample for the study. A questionnaire designed by the authors was the major instrument used for…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Developing Nations
Indabawa, Sabo A. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2004
This paper examines vocational adult education concepts, issues and problems in the context of Kano State, Nigeria. It has been pointed out by a number of commentators that vocational education practices and problems have some relatively universal commonalities across Europe, the USA and developing countries such as Nigeria. State-sponsored…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Informal Education