International Journal of Educational Development
Volume 17, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 11
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Knowledge societies and planetary cultures: The changing nature of consultancy in human development
Rosemary Preston & Linet Arthur
The sources for this paper include recent writing on the sociology and anthropology of knowledge and on international technical assistance. It also draws on recent work on the changing nature of... More
pp. 3-12
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Developing a culture-sensitive pedagogy: Tackling a problem of melding ‘global culture’ within existing cultural contexts
Elwyn Thomas
A culture sensitive pedagogy is being pioneered by the author to meet the current concerns of making schooling more relevant to the needs of learners and teachers and to promote a better overall... More
pp. 13-26
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Agricultural education at the crossroads: Present dilemmas and possible options for the future in sub-Saharan Africa
Ian Wallace
Agricultural Education and Training (AET) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) needs to respond to the many changes in the socio-economic and political environments within which it exists. In addition to... More
pp. 27-39
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AIDS education for youth through active learning: A school-based approach from Malawi
Malcolm Maclachlan, Moira Chimombo & Naomi Mpemba
Health education programmes need to address local understandings of HIV/AIDS within the broader context of sexual behaviour. We report on a locally derived and community orientated questionnaire... More
pp. 41-50
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Participatory learning and action to reduce women's workloads in east Africa
Aloysia Masoy & Pat Pridmore
This paper examines the multiple roles which women perform in their daily lives and considers how their heavy workloads impact on their own health and that of their children. It draws on the... More
pp. 51-57
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Teachers needs, culturally-significant teacher education and educational achievement in an African context — the case of Guinea-Bissau
Holger Daun
Various studies demonstrate that school and teacher characteristics play an important role in pupil success. This article presents the findings from a study in Guinea-Bissau in which it is shown... More
pp. 59-71
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Private education expenditure in a ‘free education’ country: The case of Greece
Costas Kanellopoulos & George Psacharopoulos
This paper uses data from the 1988 Family Expenditure Survey to estimate and analyze the private expenditure on education in Greece. Such expenditure amounts to 111,624 million drs per year or 2.1%... More
pp. 73-81
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An assessment of on-job training programmes in Kuwait
Salahaldeen Al-Ali
Like most of the states in the Gulf region, Kuwait suffers from an acute shortage of skilled and semi-skilled Kuwaiti manpower in almost all sectors of the economy. In 1990, the labour force was 2,... More
pp. 83-90
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Barriers to the provision of cost-effective technical education in Bangladesh
Robert Oxtoby
For the last 30 years, at least, technical and vocational education in developing countries has been expanding. Increasingly, however, questions are being asked about the cost-effectiveness of this... More
pp. 91-99
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Why should i learn to read? Motivations for literacy acquisition in a rural education programme
Elisabeth Gfeller
Motivation in recent years has come to be looked at as one of several key factors influencing learning and teaching in formal as well as in informal education. This paper looks at motivation for... More
pp. 101-112
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Unleashing the power of Africa's teachers
Carol Coombe
This paper sets out a range of issues — beyond those classics salary and housing — which impinge on teacher morale and performance in Africa. Taking a hard look at the conditions under which... More
pp. 113-117