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Fiagbey, Emmanuel D. K. – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1992
Seeks and finds similarities in adult/community education between a developed country (Scotland) and a developing country (Ghana). Recommends an increase in both countries of community education through cooperatives funded by local commercial cooperative activity. Suggests tapping the expertise of universities. (DMM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
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Duff-McCracken, Donald; Fretz, Barbara – 1992
This manual is designed as a resource for involving learners in literacy programs. Although the report is written at a high reading level, highlights for each section that are written in clear language are found at the beginning of the manual. Section 1 introduces the topic of learner involvement; it also describes the benefits of learner…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Attitude Change, Community Programs
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1992
The first section of this program report offers a general description of the Bernard van Leer Foundation and its work. The second and third sections provide the foundation's annual report and financial report for 1991. The fourth and largest section of the program report describes 117 projects in 43 countries that are financed and supported by the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1993
This 1993 program report profiles the Bernard van Leer Foundation, a private institution based in The Netherlands that concentrates its resources on support for early childhood development. The first two sections provide a general description of the Bernard van Leer Foundation and its work. The third and fourth sections are the foundation's annual…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Bolitho, Annie; Hutchinson, Mary – 1998
This writing resource book offers ideas for sharing stories, turning them into text, and reaching a wider audience through simple publishing processes in community settings and through group processes. Chapter 1 shows how the "Building Canberra" project, on which the book is based, came about. It discusses the policy framework in which…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Characteristics, Community Involvement, Community Programs
Sherraden, Michael – 1992
This essay examines the youth policies and programs of the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Sweden, and Norway in an effort to provide examples that may be of assistance in the development of such policies in the United States. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the topic, noting that the focus is on younger adolescents between the ages of 10…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cross Cultural Studies
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Tabor, R. B. – Information Services and Use, 1988
Discusses the effects of trends in health care services, including an emphasis on primary health care and patient involvement, on the information needs of health care professionals and managers. A proposed information network that would provide point of use access to sources of health care information is described. (three references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Health Services
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1991
This annual report for the Bernard van Leer Foundation describes the foundation's activities during 1990. The foundation seeks to promote the development of human resources in communities with social, economic, and cultural problems, focusing its efforts on the needs of young children. The first part of the publication contains a general…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Child Welfare, Community Development, Community Programs
World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1994
This joint position paper of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the World Health Organization is presented in booklet form and urges cooperative approaches to promoting community-based rehabilitation (CBR) of people with disabilities. A definition of CBR is offered. It…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Children
Campbell, Pat – 1992
A study explored the experiences of four adult students who served on the board of The Learning Center, a community-based literacy program. The adult education literature touched on the challenges, benefits, and limitations of participatory practices, but the three were seldom juxtaposed, raising the question of whether the limitations equaled or…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Board of Education Role
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1995
The care and education of children is a primary task of all societies, and the role of parents, families, and communities is essential in this process. This directory describes the major activities of 64 non-governmental and governmental organizations, based on 12 Arab countries (Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania,…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Community Programs, Day Care, Developed Nations
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1995
The care and education of children is a primary task of all societies, and the role of parents, families, and communities is essential in this process. This directory describes the major activities of 360 non-governmental and governmental organizations, based in 30 countries in Asia and the Pacific region (Australia; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia;…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Community Programs, Day Care, Developed Nations
Bechtel, Michael – 2000
Young people must prepare themselves for lifelong learning and frequent job changes. Optimists predict a new world of work with many creative, interesting, satisfying jobs; pessimists believe society will finally run out of work and foresee unemployment and social downgrading for a majority of people. There are indications at present of both…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Programs, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Primary Educ., Literacy & Adult Educ., Educ. in Rural Areas – 1986
This report contains case studies from six countries on local efforts to ease the transition of youth from school to work and to stop or prevent them from regressing to semiliteracy or illiteracy. The countries studied are Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Yugoslavia, and Zimbabwe. A short summary of each of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Programs, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
York Univ., Toronto (Ontario). – 1995
This document summarizes and presents materials produced during a qualitative international study of the role of transformative learning in achieving sustainable societies and global responsibility that included the following activities: case studies of experiences with transformative learning in seven countries; international survey and workshop;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Community Programs
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