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International Bureau of Education, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1985
This report documents a meeting of experts in educational documentation and information from both developed and developing countries, who met to examine issues involved in the implementation of a proposed network for the better use of information resources in educational development. Included are summaries of the business meeting and discussions…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Avakov, R. M., Ed. – 1980
The purpose of the seminar reported on in this document was to examine educational problems in the light of socioeconomic development prospects for the year 2000 and in particular to ponder the implications of socioeconomic development for educational planning. As an international inquiry into observed and foreseeable educational trends, the…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Van Poucke, J., Ed.; Vansteenkiste, Marc, Ed. – 1985
The five papers in this pre-conference reader were intended to stimulate discussion about the impact of technology on society and on education in general, and to provide some insights into the opinions of Dutch and Flemish researchers working in the field. In the first paper, "Information Technology in Education," Tjeerd Plomp addresses…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Developed Nations, Educational Technology
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1988
A workshop was conducted to examine educational materials developed in countries in Asia and the Pacific in order to make available exemplary materials to share with other educators in the region. This booklet is a product of that workshop. It includes an overview of the innovative materials selected and two chapters describing innovative projects…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Bossort, Patty, Ed.; And Others – 1990
This conference summary contains 36 presentations. Participants' comments, taken from response cards, are quoted throughout. Presentations from the Opening Plenary include a keynote address--"What Is Literacy?: Critical Issues for the Next Decade" (John Ryan) and four "Panelist Presentations" (Francis Kazemek, Lorraine Fox,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Involvement, Community Services
Joyner, Randy L., Ed. – 1995
These proceedings contain 13 papers: "A Study of the Impact of a Community-Based School to Work Program for High School Youth" (Adler et al.); "A Comparison of Workforce Preparation Policies in the United States and Finland" (Lasonen, Frantz, Jr.); "The Association of Social Position to Restructuring Ability and Symbolic Orientation" (Fritz);…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Ljosa, Erling, Ed. – 1975
This report contains forty papers presented at the tenth international conference of the International Council on Correspondence Education. The conference theme is described as one analyzing educational and administrative sub-systems and components, with reference to their purposes, significance, characteristics, interrelationship, and cost…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conference Reports
Nemeth, Balazs, Ed.; Poggeler, Franz, Ed. – 2002
This book, which focuses on how personality, societal values and politics have influenced the mission of adult education, contains 34 papers originally presented at a 2000 conference on the history of adult education. Following a Foreword (Poggeler) and Preface (Nemeth) the papers are: "The Globalization of Adult Education and the One World…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agricultural Education, Andragogy