literacy
- Manual on Reflect methodology
- Reflect Action, 2002
- Reflect is a innovative approach to adult learning and social change which fuses the theories of Paulo Freire with the methodology of participatory rural appraisal. The mother manual was developed to pull together best practice...
- Identifying trends in school attendance, literacy and gender
- V. Ramachandran / Indiasocial.org, 2003
- This is an overview of a collection of 10 case studies on backward and forward linkages that strengthen primary education. The case studies describe efforts, both voluntary and governmental, to address the reasons that specific...
- 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 ...
- Educated farmers are essential to poverty reduction
- L. Gasperini; C. Maguire / Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2002
- While there is at present no single solution to the alleviation of rural poverty, education and training are critical elements. Growth needs to be achieved with equity and rural dwellers need to have the capacity to be participants in...
- Bibliography of health materials for use with limited literacy adults
- C. Irvine / World Education, 1999
- This compendium describes and provides details for both print and web based materials on the following subjects: links between health status and literacy status how to assess and develop easy to read health edu...
- Case study of literacy programmes in rural Brazil
- M. A. de Souza / Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
- Focusing on programmes in the education of children and adults in rural areas, this paper summarises the activities undertaken by the Rural Landless Workers Movement (MST). It analyses the activities developed by the state and the MST...
- Why are adult literacy initiatives limited in their contribution to poverty alleviation?
- P. Kiirya / Project Literacy, 2001
- This paper defines the strategic role of literacy within the context of poverty alleviation in Uganda. It argues that the 2001/2 Poverty Action Fund (PAF) did not allocate sufficient funds to adult literacy, partly because of its fail...
- Why literacy rates fail to measure levels of literacy in India
- B. Kothari; A. Joshi / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2002
- Current literacy rates are reported as a static state and do not take account of the massive variation in levels of literacy. This paper calls for cautious optimism regarding the encouraging literacy figures in India over the past few...
- Manual on Reflect methodology
- Reflect Action, 2002
- Reflect is a innovative approach to adult learning and social change which fuses the theories of Paulo Freire with the methodology of participatory rural appraisal. The mother manual was developed to pull together best practice...
- Identifying trends in school attendance, literacy and gender
- V. Ramachandran / Indiasocial.org, 2003
- This is an overview of a collection of 10 case studies on backward and forward linkages that strengthen primary education. The case studies describe efforts, both voluntary and governmental, to address the reasons that specific...
- 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 ...
- Educated farmers are essential to poverty reduction
- L. Gasperini; C. Maguire / Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2002
- While there is at present no single solution to the alleviation of rural poverty, education and training are critical elements. Growth needs to be achieved with equity and rural dwellers need to have the capacity to be participants in...
- Bibliography of health materials for use with limited literacy adults
- C. Irvine / World Education, 1999
- This compendium describes and provides details for both print and web based materials on the following subjects: links between health status and literacy status how to assess and develop easy to read health edu...
- Case study of literacy programmes in rural Brazil
- M. A. de Souza / Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
- Focusing on programmes in the education of children and adults in rural areas, this paper summarises the activities undertaken by the Rural Landless Workers Movement (MST). It analyses the activities developed by the state and the MST...
- Why are adult literacy initiatives limited in their contribution to poverty alleviation?
- P. Kiirya / Project Literacy, 2001
- This paper defines the strategic role of literacy within the context of poverty alleviation in Uganda. It argues that the 2001/2 Poverty Action Fund (PAF) did not allocate sufficient funds to adult literacy, partly because of its fail...
- Why literacy rates fail to measure levels of literacy in India
- B. Kothari; A. Joshi / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2002
- Current literacy rates are reported as a static state and do not take account of the massive variation in levels of literacy. This paper calls for cautious optimism regarding the encouraging literacy figures in India over the past few...
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