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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1970
Presentations in this meeting were "Progress of World Experimental Literacy Programme" and "Present Situation in Various Experimental Projects." Discussions of these presentations concerned: (1) analysis and revision of the Plans of Operation (choice of the sphere of action, quantitative targets, and the time schedule of the projects); (2) the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Experimental Programs, International Programs, Literacy Education
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Haemmerli, A. – Convergence, 1972
The emergence from its first operational phase prompted this discussion of the Unesco-designed Experimental World Literacy Programme. (MB)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Experimental Programs, International Programs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1970
This paper is a first approach to the problems raised by the concept of experimentation in the field of functional literacy. It is divided into three main sections: (1) necessity, limits, and means of experimentation; (2) methods and fields of experimentation; and (3) the fields of experimentation. Hypotheses examined include: (1) The cultural…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Experimental Programs, Functional Literacy, Hypothesis Testing
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1970
This report analyzes the initial results of UNESCO's Experimental World Literacy Programme and makes recommendations for future action. The meaning of functional literacy is discussed, and pilot projects in twelve countries are briefly described. The analysis reveals that the programme has fallen seriously behind schedule, that the number of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Developing Nations, Experimental Programs
Bosscher, Kathleen – Literacy Work, 1976
A critical assessment of the 10-year Experimental World Literacy Program (EWLP), which consisted of a series of pilot projects and micro-experiments in different countries (Algeria, Ecuador, Iran, Mali, Ethiopia, Guinea, Madgascar, Tanzania, Sudan, Zambia, and Venezuela) sponsored by UNESCO, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and various…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Experimental Programs, International Programs, Literacy
International Association of Universities Bulletin, 1973
Norway's district colleges were created to relieve pressures on universities and enable more people to study near their homes. (PG)
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Programs, Experimental Programs, Experimental Schools
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1968
The fourteenth session of Unesco authorized the establishment of an international committee for the advancement of out-of-school education. The first meeting of the committee, held in Paris 18-26 March 1968, took care of election of officers and other procedural matters, established sub-committees on adult education, literacy, and youth…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Conference Reports, Experimental Programs, International Programs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1971
The work of this Panel for the Evaluation of Experimental Literacy Projects was the assessing of how the pattern of evaluation it had previously formulated had been applied in the Experimental World Literacy Programme (EWLP). In the judgment of the Panel, by 1974 evaluation specialists will be able to present a report that will enable Member…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Experimental Programs, Functional Literacy, International Programs
Haemmerli, Alfred R. – Literacy Discussion, 1974
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Evaluation Needs
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Blackburn, Anne M. – Environmentalist, 1983
Examines major goals, pilot projects, and other activities of the International Environmental Education Program. Includes a series of suggestions for supplementing the effort as well as a comprehensive list of publications for readers interested in pursuing any individual aspects of the program. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: College Science, Environmental Education, Experimental Programs, Higher Education
Wax, David W. – 1974
Current developments in an experiment on Computer Communications via the ATS-1 geosynchronous satellite are described. Initiated by the Spacecraft Data Systems Branch of the Ames Research Center, NASA, this experiment is designed to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing satellite communication links to provide computer-computer and…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Programs, Data Processing, Demonstration Programs
Levin, Henry M. – 1977
The purpose of the teacher-learner strategy (TLS) project is ostensibly to test different instructional arrangements in different national contexts to see which ones obtain the best results. The logic of this approach is compelling. Yet it is the orderly appearance of the TLS project that might be its greatest problem. The doctrine of external…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Change, Educational Planning
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1979
Designed as an information document, this report describes the activities of the Council in facilitating the settlement of migrant workers' children in the compulsory schooling systems of host countries. Experimental classes are discussed in terms of the basic aims of the integration of migrant children through language learning, maintenance of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Programs, Immigrants
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1979
Two major areas of concern related to the education and vocational training of migrant workers and their families are concentrated on in this report: the implementation of action programmes, and the preparation and application of community instruments. Specific regulations and directives of the Council are summarized, showing the intent to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Community Action, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Programs
Twelker, Paul A.; And Others – 1972
The World Forum program gives college students an opportunity to explore a particular problem of personal and/or social consequence in the context of its anticipated alternative futures. This report explicates the nature of the program and describes the evaluation results of the developmental tryout. The goals of the program, developmental…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Evaluation
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