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Direct linkOgunniyi, M. B.; Rollnick, Marissa – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2015
Since the independence era in the 1950s and 1960s, many African countries have recognised the important role that science plays in the socio-economic development of any country. As a result, various African governments have enacted policies and allocated a large proportion of their gross national product to the science and science education sector…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Role, Economic Development
Download full textSibley, Michael O., Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2009
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Public Education, Science Education, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedAbelson, Philip H. – Science, 1973
Discusses problems facing the world with increasing demands for food, energy, raw materials and goods, and at the same time confronted with a population explosion. Views the future of the United States optimistically when compared to less developed countries. (JR)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Natural Resources, Population Growth
Peer reviewedFurtado, Jose I. – Environmentalist, 1984
Discusses an appropriate framework for sustainable development in the Third World that concurrently addresses the efficient utilization and management of natural resources. Areas considered include: human dimension; sustainable development; complexity of inputs; kinds of training; indigenous scientific capability; transnational issues;…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Environmental Education, Higher Education
DURSTON, JOHN H.; MEIKLEJOHN, NORMAN J. – 1963
PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE AVAILABILITY OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN LESS DEVELOPED AREAS OF THE WORLD ARE PRESENTED IN A SERIES OF PAPERS FROM A 1963 UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE. AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION EMPHASIZES MANPOWER PROJECTION AND ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES, PUBLIC MANAGEMENT, AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AS THEY RELATE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Economic Development, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science
Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi. – 1981
A global seminar on the role of scientific and engineering societies in development, held in New Delhi, India, in 1980, had as its objectives: (1) to document prior successful, and unsuccessful, activities of scientific and engineering societies in furthering development; (2) to identify and discuss the types of activities to which scientific and…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Engineering, Global Approach
Guichard, Stephanie; Larre, Benedicte – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2006
The lack of human capital in Portugal has become a key obstacle to higher growth. This paper discusses the performance of education and training services in Portugal and shows that improvements are needed to narrow the significant human capital gap with other OECD countries. Despite progress in the past decades, Portuguese children spend…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development
