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Bude, Udo – 1987
This paper emphasizes the primary school's role in the community within the context of rural development. The situation in the two anglophone provinces of the United Republic of Cameroon serves to illustrate the development prospects of a closer cooperation between primary schools and the local population. Discussion focuses on the involvement of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries

Dove, Linda A. – Comparative Education, 1980
This paper examines the literature on the role of the rural elementary school in community change and discusses certain socio-economic factors which may help determine a community's acceptance or rejection of the school. It concludes with a discussion on the relationship of the community to the community school. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Schools, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
Baker, Victoria J. – 1990
This paper examines the notion of reciprocal school-community development in Third World countries. Information on village schools in Sri Lanka and Senegal were gathered from interviews and observation. Tanzania is an example of a country that took radical steps to integrate schools within their respective communities in order to foster rural…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Development

Maliyamkono, T. L. – International Review of Education, 1980
Describes two Tanzanian reform programs: Education for Self-Reliance and Decentralization. The first supports programs to make education relevant to rural life, correct elitist biases, and improve students' attitudes toward rural living. The second, already instituted in primary and adult education, seeks to promote community participation in…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Control, Decentralization, Developing Nations
Houghton, Harold, Ed.; Tregear, Peter, Ed. – 1969
This book is a synthesis of the work and discussions of a Unesco conference that examined the problems concerning the structure and functioning of community schools in developing countries. Participants worked in four groups studying respectively the position of the teacher in relation to the community, the means he should employ to obtain the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Arithmetic, Community Schools, Conference Reports
MacJessie-Mbewe, Samson – International Education Journal, 2004
The purpose of this research study was to find out how primary education is related to rural communities in Malawi as one of the developing countries in Africa. The study followed a qualitative design with a phenomenological approach. The population of interest were rural primary school graduates, teachers, students and craftsmen. Data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Community Relationship, Developing Nations, Elementary Education
Baker, Victoria J. – 1988
This book identifies the problems confronting formal education in a disadvantaged rural area of Sri Lanka. The book is organized in three parts. Part One provides the frame of reference and general background for the research. The first chapter outlines the existing theories on the role of education in developing countries and presents the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Development
Kong, Kee Poo – 1976
The study is a survey of the different kinds of voluntary rural service (service-learning) corps of students from the institutions of higher education in Malaysia. The history, organization, and activities of the service corps are examined, and this type of student social action is viewed with reference to the role of higher education in the…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Community Development, Community Programs, Developing Nations
Tatto, M. Teresa – 1987
This evaluation report assesses the impact of the Training for Development Program of the Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities from 1978-86. This program supported university-based development projects which addressed the basic needs of rural populations in Latin America. The program identified potential and current faculty…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
Ekanayake, S. B. – Prospects, 1990
Delineates the need to make rural education more relevant to rural students in developing nations, stressing limitations in traditional Western approaches. Advocates rural pedagogy that encourages lifelong learning and develops community resources. Provides a case study of a rural pedagogy program in Sri Lanka. (CH)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cultural Differences, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Higgs, John, Ed.; Mbithi, Philip, Ed. – 1977
Education for rural areas must go far beyond the concept of formal schooling; it must become a system of learning arrangements in which the learner, in response to his environment, is the chief agent of his learning. There is no single model or educational approach; programs must be adapted to the varying circumstance or situations. When providing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agriculture, Case Studies, Change Agents

Malekela, George – Kenya Journal of Education, 1989
Analyzes how Western educational models upset the balance between school and life achieved by precolonial Tanganyikan indigenous education. Examines Tanzanian policies, such as Education for Self-Reliance, intended to make elementary education relevant to rural needs by fostering self-employment. Includes statistics on enrollment, educational…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Colonialism, Developing Nations, Educational Attainment
Shah, Saeed Ullah; Eastmond, Jefferson N. – 1977
Data collection from 25 school districts throughout Pakistan and subsequent educational experiments in selected villages highlight 1976-77 research to identify causes of primary school dropout and to suggest primary education improvements to benefit Pakistan's rural poor, especially women. In the 416 villages studied only 1/3 of the total primary…
Descriptors: Attendance, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Developing Nations
Ekanayake, S. B. – 1979
Representatives from 15 villages participated in a workshop planned to give teachers in rural small schools an understanding of the nature and problems of the small school and its community, an appreciation of the cultural background of village people, and the skills to implement practical village development programs. Prior to the workshop,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Cross Cultural Training
Bokhari, Khalid H.; Eastmond, Jefferson N. – 1977
Successfully field tested in four villages in the Federal Capital Area, Pakistan, the model is designed to: identify and prioritize village concerns and educational needs; validate and analyze the needs with respect to village values and goals; and select, develop, implement, and evaluate a best solution. Major steps in the model are: data…
Descriptors: Attendance, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Action