This paper explores the resources Accounting teachers draw on and how they use the identified resources in the teaching of Accounting in a rural school. The study adopted an interpretive qualitative case study and employed semi-structured individual interviews to collect data from the Accounting teachers. Thematic analysis revealed that Accounting…

Development workers studying at the graduate level benefit from exposure to the great variety of cultures and worldviews. In the Australian National University's Master of Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development (MAAPD) program, peer learning is giving current and future development workers in the field and in the classroom the chance…

Discusses five of the most common approaches to planning adult education programs: pragmatic approach, Tyler approach, social psychology approach, community development approach, and systems approach. In addition to these, other adult educators offer more eclectic approaches to program planning. (CT)

Reported here is information about a 2-week training course on the topic of early childhood education in Thailand. Sections include (1) background information on the status of preschool education in Thailand and data on program participants, (2) objectives of the course, (3) description of program activities and procedures, (4) review and…

Educational equity demands are progressively being framed in terms of multiculturalism and diversity within the educational process. This change of focus means that strategies aiming to secure rights should make room for others that emphasize the building of relationships, mutual knowledge, and community. For schools in poor, inner-city…

Common sense proposals for school restructuring suggest promising directions, but issues of the content needed to give educational direction and show how to link the factors that influence this content must be addressed. An agenda of content for teacher commitment and competence is proposed. Problems of linkage are addressed. (SLD)

Provides some ideas for involving schools in community revitalization developed in a 1987 conference for 20 educators and community representatives of the Chicago (Illinois) Innovations Forum. Projects center on the following topics: (1) students and teachers; (2) teachers; (3) courses; (4) in-school venture; (5) facilities; and (6) purchasing.…