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Changing the Trajectories for Teacher Quality in Nigeria: Innovations through Ideating and Self-Help
Frances A. Alimigbe – Commission for International Adult Education, 2024
Meaningful development in a society requires a sound teacher education. The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) is saddled with the responsibilities of regulating the teaching profession in Nigeria, and it plays a pivotal role in regulating and ensuring quality control of the teaching profession across the country. It promotes…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation
Scott McLean; Laura Montes de Oca Barrera – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2024
This article explores informal adult education for change in Mexico through the conceptual lens of social movement learning and public pedagogy. It adopts a multiple case design featuring two advocacy networks, two civil society organisations, and two self-help authors. It analyses how they position themselves as change agents addressing issues of…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Adult Education, Social Change, Advocacy
Jones, Keiwana O'Neal – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The education of African American adults evolved in response to the changing social, economic, and political needs of the Black community. To address these needs, Black Greek-Letter Organizations (BGLOs) created and implemented initiatives at the local, national, and international levels using education as a catalyst to change aspects of African…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Students, Adult Students, Adult Education
Walker, Joanna – Adults Learning (England), 1991
Educational and gerontological perspectives coincide in a view of lifelong learning for women. Developments in women's education, preretirement education, education for older adults, and self-help programs, together with public debate on both aging and feminism, challenge educators to offer relevant, empowering opportunities to older women. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advocacy, Educational Gerontology, Equal Education

Norman, Loretta K., Ed.; Friesen, Barbara J. – 1988
This directory contains information about organizations in the United States that offer support, education, referral, advocacy, and other assistance to parents of children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders. Organizations included are those identified as providing one or more of the following services: education and information;…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Information Services

Rhodes, William C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
This article considers how liberatory theory (related to critical theory, postmodern thought, and constructivism) can be applied to debates in special education. Liberatory pedagogies encourage oppressed peoples to define for themselves their situations and to define actions that will be liberating. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Disabilities, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
Janzen, Rich; Nelson, Geoffrey; Trainor, John; Ochocka, Joanna – Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
The purpose of this article is to report on the system-level findings of a longitudinal study of four mental health consumer-run self-help organizations. Quantitative and qualitative data revealed that staff and members of the four Consumer/Survivor Initiatives (CSIs) participated actively in system-level activities, including community planning,…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Health Services, Community Organizations, Self Help Programs
Stuntzner-Gibson, Denise; And Others – 1990
This 60-item bibliography, a compilation of abstracts of books, articles, handbooks, conference proceedings, and newsletters published from 1978 through 1989, addresses various aspects of groups, programs and other self-help resources for parents and other family members of people with disabilities. Literature in the first section provides…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Delivery Systems
Chan, Adrian – 1980
National surveys reveal that citizens of all age groups, from school age to adult, are ignorant about the law and its practical use in daily life. The advocate counseling model is an integrative approach combining the elements of legal research and therapeutic counseling in order to teach and guide individuals or groups with institutional problems…
Descriptors: Advocacy, College Role, College Students, Counseling Techniques
Donaldson, Jamie K. – Grassroots Development, 1992
Describes working conditions of female household servants in Colombia. Reviews history of support groups assisting household workers and subsequent expansion into successful movement for workers' legal rights and social security. "Women's work" has gained some respect as household workers strive to participate in ongoing social changes.…
Descriptors: Activism, Advocacy, Employed Women, Foreign Countries
Abery, Brian, Ed.; And Others – IMPACT, 1995
This newsletter issue provides stories of leaders who have developmental disabilities, descriptions of program initiatives and models promoting leadership opportunities for individuals who are disabled, and an historical overview of leadership issues. Major articles include: "Leadership: Where We've Been, Where We Are, Where We're Going" (Hank…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Advocacy, College Students, Developmental Disabilities