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- 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...
- Training in the adult education methods and co-operative practices
- A. Mathie; J. Kearney / Coady International Institute, 2001
- This paper is a retrospective view of the evolution of the diploma program at the Coady International Institute, which inspired by the Antigonish Movement was established in 1959 to meet demand from the South for training in the adult...
- 'Learning communities' the key to education and lifelong learning for all
- R-M. Torres / Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2003
- This paper is the result of a study commissioned by Sida on the status and current trends in adult basic education in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The study included a review of relevant documentation in several lang...
- How the University of Namibia reaches the goal of lifelong learning through ICTs
- T. Dodds / E-learning, Development Gateway, 2003
- This paper asks: how do universities maintain their long-established role of being the apex of national education systems through the maintenance of the highest standards of academic excellence, while meeting the growing pressure for ...
- Tackling adult illiteracy: encouraging news from Uganda
- Anthony Okech; Roy A. Carr-Hill; Anne R. Katahoire; Teresa Kakooza; Alice N. Ndidde; John Oxenham / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- As the number of adult literacy programmes grows, is there evidence that they work? How can we evaluate whether those who have passed through adult education schemes have achieved basic literacy? Should donors do more to fund adult li...
- Reading between the lines: why literacy for women?
- Anna Robinson-Pant / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Can we be sure that literacy really promotes ‘development’? Is literacy a universal skill that can be delivered by all aid workers? What kinds of skills should literacy programmes for women emphasise? Why do women often drop...
- Scientifically backed methods more effective for adult literacy
- H. Abadzi / World Bank Publications, 2003
- Two cognitively oriented methods were tested in Burkina Faso to help illiterates learn to read more efficiently. These were (a) speeded reading of increasingly larger word units and (b) phonological awareness training to help connect ...
- Effectiveness of adult literacy training in Bangladesh
- A. Cawthera / Eldis Education Resource Guide, 1997
- This monograph attempts to redress the gap in published research on the effectiveness and effects of work in adult literacy and its role in development. The main focus is an assessment of the impact of Nijera Shikhi: a people's litera...
- Is adult literacy in Bangladesh best delivered through an NGO or a people's movement?
- A. Cawthera / Eldis Education Resource Guide, 2003
- This report looks at the efficiency and effectiveness of Nijera Shikhi’s (a people's literacy movement in Bangladesh) activities in adult literacy on: learners five years after the completion of their course in the...
- Impact of women's literacy programmes in Nepal
- S. Burchfield; H. Hua; D Baral; V. Rocha / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
- This document describes the results from a project that investigated the impact of women’s integrated literacy programs on Nepal's development by examining measures of socio-economic status, as well as indicators of women’s ...
- Training in the adult education methods and co-operative practices
- A. Mathie; J. Kearney / Coady International Institute, 2001
- This paper is a retrospective view of the evolution of the diploma program at the Coady International Institute, which inspired by the Antigonish Movement was established in 1959 to meet demand from the South for training in the adult...
- 'Learning communities' the key to education and lifelong learning for all
- R-M. Torres / Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2003
- This paper is the result of a study commissioned by Sida on the status and current trends in adult basic education in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The study included a review of relevant documentation in several lang...
- How the University of Namibia reaches the goal of lifelong learning through ICTs
- T. Dodds / E-learning, Development Gateway, 2003
- This paper asks: how do universities maintain their long-established role of being the apex of national education systems through the maintenance of the highest standards of academic excellence, while meeting the growing pressure for ...
- Tackling adult illiteracy: encouraging news from Uganda
- Anthony Okech; Roy A. Carr-Hill; Anne R. Katahoire; Teresa Kakooza; Alice N. Ndidde; John Oxenham / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- As the number of adult literacy programmes grows, is there evidence that they work? How can we evaluate whether those who have passed through adult education schemes have achieved basic literacy? Should donors do more to fund adult li...
- Reading between the lines: why literacy for women?
- Anna Robinson-Pant / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Can we be sure that literacy really promotes ‘development’? Is literacy a universal skill that can be delivered by all aid workers? What kinds of skills should literacy programmes for women emphasise? Why do women often drop...
- Scientifically backed methods more effective for adult literacy
- H. Abadzi / World Bank Publications, 2003
- Two cognitively oriented methods were tested in Burkina Faso to help illiterates learn to read more efficiently. These were (a) speeded reading of increasingly larger word units and (b) phonological awareness training to help connect ...
- Effectiveness of adult literacy training in Bangladesh
- A. Cawthera / Eldis Education Resource Guide, 1997
- This monograph attempts to redress the gap in published research on the effectiveness and effects of work in adult literacy and its role in development. The main focus is an assessment of the impact of Nijera Shikhi: a people's litera...
- Is adult literacy in Bangladesh best delivered through an NGO or a people's movement?
- A. Cawthera / Eldis Education Resource Guide, 2003
- This report looks at the efficiency and effectiveness of Nijera Shikhi’s (a people's literacy movement in Bangladesh) activities in adult literacy on: learners five years after the completion of their course in the...
- Impact of women's literacy programmes in Nepal
- S. Burchfield; H. Hua; D Baral; V. Rocha / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
- This document describes the results from a project that investigated the impact of women’s integrated literacy programs on Nepal's development by examining measures of socio-economic status, as well as indicators of women’s ...
- Open and distance learning: new opportunities for human development?
- M. Moore; A. Tait / UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2002
- This document examines the current state of open and distance learning, and UNESCO's current activities in this field. It looks at the components of these programmes and considers the variety of uses of this form of learning. These in...
- UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
- Adult and lifelong learning promotion
