This guide to inservice teacher education in developing countries is the product of a 1-week, 1968 workshop in Nairobi (Kenya) which focused on the problem of African Member States regarding inservice training programs. The introduction provides information on those problems: difficulties pertaining to the general culture and those related to…

This manual was developed to help field staff members of the Peace Corps train volunteers. The manual's task descriptions, guidelines, examples, and definitions are intended to be practical and informative rather than restrictive. The manual is divided into six major sections: (1) introduction; (2) getting started; (3) assessing the country…

The Donor Agencies Workshop involved individuals from a wide range of academic disciplines and other fields that helped develop the expertise of foreign students, scholars, and trainees to increase the educational and economic resources of their home countries. This report presents the remarks made by the 47 workshop participants concerning: (1)…

Discussion of the use of video in rural development projects highlights animation at the village level, training, and monitoring and evaluation of project management as examples of successful video integration. A pilot project to test the use of video as an integrated support to management is then described. (26 references) (LRW)

The Peace Corps Programming and Training System (PATS) manual is designed to help field staff members of the Peace Corps train volunteers. This supplement to the manual was developed as a resource for planning training events and for preparing training materials and documentation. The information included in this supplement expands on the guidance…

This IIEP seminar focused on administrative, management, supervisory, and decisionmaking techniques that are useful in the educational planning process. The techniques studied included: delphi, program evaluation and review technique (PERT), and program planning and budgeting systems (PPBS). Various experts presented papers on these techniques,…

An evaluation is presented of summer inservice secondary school teacher education programs given at five colleges of Addis Ababa University in 1982. A survey was conducted focusing on how academic and administrative affairs were operated. The first chapter of this report provides a statement of the problem, identifying the background history of…

There is a growing recognition in India of the significant role nonformal adult education can play in achieving national and individual developmental objectives. Traditional formal education with its greatest benefits for a small elitist group will not contribute significantly toward the resolution of major socioeconomic problems. Adult education…

An intercountry workshop on distance learning (DL) was conducted at the University of Khartoum, Sudan, in November 1991. Individuals involved in the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Health Learning Materials network in nine African countries (Sudan, Ethiopia, Guyana, Kenya, Mauritius, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) met to share their…

The Farmers Training and Functional Literacy Programme, initiated by the government of India in 1968, was an effort to translate into practice the concept of linking education (not only vocational training) to development, particularly for increasing production. The project, a joint enterprise of three government ministries, provides participating…

Prepared in connection with the World Congress of Ministers of Education on the Eradication of Illiteracy (Teheran, September 8-19, 1965), this UNESCO report on literacy as a factor in development focuses on worldwide literacy education and the dimensions of illiteracy, the role of literacy in economic and technological development and in social…

The administrative problems of public sector research programs in developing nations include lack of major public policies and too many minor ones, inadequate or haphazard planning, budgetary constraints, inadequate evaluation and monitoring, inadequate or obsolete equipment and facilities, trained manpower shortages, and limited motivation. (MSE)

Proceedings of a seminar on the management of English second language training (ELT) in British technical assistance programs are presented in the form of narrative summaries. An introductory section gives an overview of the conference. Four subsequent chapters summarize presentations and discussions on these topics: project management,…

The following papers were produced by participants and resource persons on specific issues of planning, management and implementation of literacy and post-literacy strategies: "People's Participation and Mobilization: Characteristics of the Literacy Campaigns in China" (Yanwei); "Strategies for Mobilization and Participation of…

The paper questions whether educational and cultural activities sponsored by the United States government should be aimed at foreign policy objectives or should be treated as ends in themselves. Arguments are presented by political leaders, educators, and government officials in favor of and against cultural exchange as a form of foreign policy…