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Nagai, Yasuko – Convergence, 2001
Describes the process by which the Maiwala community in Papua New Guinea designed an elementary school curriculum that recognizes the need for Western-style education in order to communicate with the outside world, but focuses on vernacular education that makes the curriculum culturally relevant and meaningful to the community. (Contains 36…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Culturally Relevant Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
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Platt, William J. – Convergence, 1976
A paper presented by The UNESCO Deputy Assistant Director-General for Education at a Tanzanian regional workshop in Unsolved Problems in Preparing Teachers for Basic Education. Deals with objectives, measurement, articulation with other parts of lifelong education, and how content, materials, and methods differ from those in conventional practice.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Educational Objectives
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Nagai, Yasuko – Convergence, 2004
This paper is based on an observational study concerning the effectiveness of elementary education. It was conducted in a rural area near Alotau, the provincial capital of the Milne Bay Province, with a special focus on the Maiwala Elementary School. In this paper, the author first briefly describes what elementary education is and how it has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Rural Areas, Indigenous Populations