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Holford, John – International Review of Education, 2016
"Sustainability" has a captivating but disingenuous simplicity: its meanings are complex, and have political and policy significance. Exploring the application of the term to adult education, this paper argues that a particular discourse of "sustainability" has become a common-sense, short-circuiting critical analysis and…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Adult Education, Intervention, Neoliberalism
Seri-Hersch, Iris – History of Education, 2011
This article explores the politics of literacy in late colonial Sudan. Drawing upon hitherto untapped archival sources in English and Arabic, it focuses on two key questions: What were the purposes and uses of literacy in the eyes of colonial authorities? What means were used to spread literacy skills among Sudanese people? Positioning these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Social Networks

Smyth, Francis – Convergence, 1969
Descriptors: Community Development, Cooperatives, Economics, Leadership Training
THAPAR, ROMESH – 1959
SUCH TRADITIONAL VISUAL MEDIA AS VILLAGE PLAYS, PUPPETRY, AND SHADOW PLAYS CAN BE CREATED LOCALLY WITH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BY THE LEARNER AND USED EFFECTIVELY IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT. OTHER VISUAL MEDIA, SUCH AS FILMS, CAN BE BEST PRODUCED NATIONALLY IN VISUAL AIDS CENTERS IF GOOD COMMUNICATIONS ARE MAINTAINED WITH THE FIELD…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Charts, Community Development, Community Education
Fraser, Colin – Ceres, 1981
Discusses problems associated with communication in rural areas to promote participation in development programs. Suggests that success of such programs depends on continued government policy in favor of citizen participation in agricultural and rural development. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Audiovisual Aids, Communications, Community Development
Kerr, Stephen T. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1982
Discusses appropriate technology such as folk theater and instructional radio in the development of Third-World nations and emphasizes the importance of community participation in all stages of the educational process. Ways in which this can be stimulated and channelled to support development in other areas are examined. Sixteen references are…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Drama
Coady, M. M. – 1939
The book records the development of the program of adult education and economic cooperation sponsored by St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The program dates from 1853 when a Catholic theological school was established at Arichat. In 1855 the school was transferred to Antigonish, named St. Francis Xavier, enlarged and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Cooperatives, Credit (Finance), Discussion Groups
Patil, B. R. – 1989
Of the total number of illiterate people in the world, half are in India. National programs for adult education in India are the Community Development Program, Farmers Functional Literacy Project, and National Adult Education Program, participants in which include voluntary agencies, state resource centers, and district resource units. When the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citizen Participation, Community Action