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Marsden, David; Oakley, Peter – Community Development Journal, 1991
An instrumental/technocratic approach to evaluation of social development relies on primarily quantitative methods. An interpretive approach resists claims to legitimacy and authority of "experts" and questions existing interpretations. The latter approach is characterized by cultural relativism and subjectivity. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Critical Reading, Evaluation Methods
Fourie, J. J. – 1978
The number of illiterates in Africa is increasing, thereby lending urgency to the need for universal adult education and functional literacy compaigns, according to chapter 1 of this detailed research report. Chapter 2 discusses the meaning, history, and nature of adult education in other countries (briefly), and in Africa (in greater detail).…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Change Strategies