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Download full textStambler, Moses, Ed. – 1976
Based on a 65-day educational program in India designed to provide an Indian international perspective for 22 adult educators in the New England region and the addition of this dimension to their Adult Education programs at home, these papers written by the participants indicate their reactions to their Indian experience. They are intended for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1979
To counteract the legacy of 80 years of colonial rule in North Viet Nam, President Ho Chi Minh outlined government objectives in the Declaration of Independence in 1945. Major objectives included combatting ignorance and illiteracy. To work toward these objectives, the government established a Department of Popular Education and encouraged…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedMushi, Philemon A. K. – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1991
Analyzes the political and socioeconomic context of three innovations introduced in Tanzania in the 1960s and 1970s: functional adult literacy, workers' education, and the Folk Development Colleges. Identifies factors hindering their implementation (e.g., lack of trained educators, inadequate financing, and mismatch between needs and programs) and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Comparative Education, Economic Development
Fletcher, Philip R. – 1972
An annotated bibliography is presented in essay form of sources concerning Brazil's literacy program for adults, MOBRAL (Movimento Brasileiro de Alfabetizacao), and its implications for the country's economy. General sources on literacy training are followed by works concerning Brazil's political system. Descriptions of the MOBRAL program, mostly…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies
La Belle, Thomas J. – 1976
The book explores why nonformal education programs in Latin America fail to promote and influence desired social change. Nonformal education includes community involvement and technical training in schools after school hours, adult basic education, extension courses relating to agriculture, health, and community enterprises. The book contains…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Comparative Education
Charters, Alexander N.; Holmwood, Donald – 1992
This catalog lists the materials contained in one of the special collections maintained by Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York), namely, the Syracuse University Publications in Continuing Education (SUPCE). The materials are listed in alphabetical order by code. The first section, a guide to finding SUPCE materials, describes the organization…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
