adult
- A guide to vocational education and training in South Africa
- I. Moll; C. Steinberg; I. Broekmann / South African Institute for Distance Education, 2005
- This guide is about enabling craftspeople (those qualified in particular vocations as say plumbers, electricians, etc.) to develop the skills and knowledge required to successfully fill the roles that are necessary for a vocational ed...
- Literacy is essential not only for achieving EFA, but also for reducing poverty
- Education for All, UNESCO, 2005
- This fourth edition of the EFA Global Monitoring Report focuses on literacy. The report measures the world's progress towards achieving the six Education For All goals, and especially the neglected one of universal literacy. It stress...
- Examining the relationship between globalisation and education and training in the automotive industry in South Africa
- S. McGrath / Overseas Development Institute, 2005
- Through an examination of skills development within the South African automotive industry (focusing particularly on the cases of DaimlerChrysler South Africa and BMW South Africa) the author seeks to shed further light on the broader ...
- Effects of adult education on parent mortality in Taiwan
- Z. Zimmer; L. G. Martin; M. B. Ofstedal; Y-L. Chuang / Population Council, USA, 2005
- This study aims to prove the hypothesis that, in Taiwan, the education of one’s children may have as important an effect, if not a greater effect, on parents’ health and mortality than the parents’ own education. ...
- Accelerated learning approach succeeds in Afghanistan
- C. Capacci Carneal; A. Ullman McLaughlin / Forced Migration Review, 2005
- This paper briefly documents the Accelerated Learning (AL) programme in Afghanistan, which offers basic educational opportunities to rural youth and women who have missed out on schooling due to war, poverty or cultural constraints. T...
- Critical analysis of lifelong education
- R.M. Torres / Choike, 2004
- This paper argues that the learning needs of adults continue to be sidelined or ignored in recent international development initiatives and education policy recommendations for the South, including Education for All and the Millennium...
- Manual for gender mainstreaming in Vietnam
- United Nations Development Programme, 2004
- This guide aims to support government officials in understanding gender mainstreaming, in terms of their roles and responsiblities, and in terms of developing the skills needed to contribute to achieving gender equality for Viet Nam t...
- Lifelong learning approaches to social exclusion
- P.V. van Hensbroek; H. Schoenmakers / Centre for Development Studies, University of Groningen (RUG), 2004
- This book presents a collection of articles around issues of social exclusion and life long learning in Southern Africa. They argue for a broad view of learning as a way to address social exclusion, marginalisation and forms of histor...
- Collection of papers on literacy in celebration of International Literacy Day 2003
- Education Sector, UNESCO, 2003
- As a part of International Literacy Day 2003, a UNESCO round table on the theme of understanding what literacy as freedom means to people in different contexts, yet linked by the forces of globalisation and change. This document is a ...
- Ethnographic approaches and critical analysis of development discourses in practice in Nepal
- A. Robinson-Pant / Education Sector, UNESCO, 2000
- This book looks at two case studies of women’s literacy classes in Nepal. Using extensive field notes, and quotations from class participants, the author attempts to explore the women’s own perceptions of their involvement i...
- Literacy is essential not only for achieving EFA, but also for reducing poverty
- Education for All, UNESCO, 2005
- This fourth edition of the EFA Global Monitoring Report focuses on literacy. The report measures the world's progress towards achieving the six Education For All goals, and especially the neglected one of universal literacy. It stress...
- Examining the relationship between globalisation and education and training in the automotive industry in South Africa
- S. McGrath / Overseas Development Institute, 2005
- Through an examination of skills development within the South African automotive industry (focusing particularly on the cases of DaimlerChrysler South Africa and BMW South Africa) the author seeks to shed further light on the broader ...
- Effects of adult education on parent mortality in Taiwan
- Z. Zimmer; L. G. Martin; M. B. Ofstedal; Y-L. Chuang / Population Council, USA, 2005
- This study aims to prove the hypothesis that, in Taiwan, the education of one’s children may have as important an effect, if not a greater effect, on parents’ health and mortality than the parents’ own education. ...
- Accelerated learning approach succeeds in Afghanistan
- C. Capacci Carneal; A. Ullman McLaughlin / Forced Migration Review, 2005
- This paper briefly documents the Accelerated Learning (AL) programme in Afghanistan, which offers basic educational opportunities to rural youth and women who have missed out on schooling due to war, poverty or cultural constraints. T...
- Critical analysis of lifelong education
- R.M. Torres / Choike, 2004
- This paper argues that the learning needs of adults continue to be sidelined or ignored in recent international development initiatives and education policy recommendations for the South, including Education for All and the Millennium...
- Manual for gender mainstreaming in Vietnam
- United Nations Development Programme, 2004
- This guide aims to support government officials in understanding gender mainstreaming, in terms of their roles and responsiblities, and in terms of developing the skills needed to contribute to achieving gender equality for Viet Nam t...
- Lifelong learning approaches to social exclusion
- P.V. van Hensbroek; H. Schoenmakers / Centre for Development Studies, University of Groningen (RUG), 2004
- This book presents a collection of articles around issues of social exclusion and life long learning in Southern Africa. They argue for a broad view of learning as a way to address social exclusion, marginalisation and forms of histor...
- Collection of papers on literacy in celebration of International Literacy Day 2003
- Education Sector, UNESCO, 2003
- As a part of International Literacy Day 2003, a UNESCO round table on the theme of understanding what literacy as freedom means to people in different contexts, yet linked by the forces of globalisation and change. This document is a ...
- Ethnographic approaches and critical analysis of development discourses in practice in Nepal
- A. Robinson-Pant / Education Sector, UNESCO, 2000
- This book looks at two case studies of women’s literacy classes in Nepal. Using extensive field notes, and quotations from class participants, the author attempts to explore the women’s own perceptions of their involvement i...
- Evaluating the impacts of participatory development in Bangladsh and Uganda
- M. Fiedrich; A. Jellema / Department for International Development, UK, 2003
- This paper is a study of participatory development in practice. Its focus is on Reflect, one of the most innovative approaches to participatory adult education, which aims to use a participatory learning process to stimulate a wider p...
- UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
- Adult and lifelong learning promotion
