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Non-Formal Education In A World Context, George E. Urch, David R. Evans, William A. Smith, Roshan R. Billimoria, David W. Mcdowell, David Rosen, Walter B. Johnson, Frank A. Stone, Mounir R. Saahad, Thomas L. Bernard, Falih Al-Shaikhly

Conference Proceedings & Collected Papers

During the past decade the role of non-formal education throughout the world has become an important topic. Educators realize that the formal system cannot solve the diversified and complex problems which face a society today. As a consequence a closer look is now being taken at educational activities outside the established system--especially those non-formal processes which have a relationship to socio-economic development.

While many societies have a long tradition of non-formal education, little attempt has been made to utilize this base to provide individuals with a flexible and diversified range of useful learning opportunities. Recently, however, the innate potential of …

Let Jorge Do It: An Approach To Rural Nonformal Education, James Hoxeng

Non-Formal Education

In the Nonformal Education in Ecuador Project, we set out to create materials and processes which would operationalize some of the emerging tenets of nonformal education. Project Design:

1. We developed learning materials usuable by nonprofessionals. These materials concentrated on literacy, math, and consciousness-raising. Most of our effort went into development of games, which oblige participation and encourage dialog.

2. We made agreements with six organizations to use the materials with our assistance. These included the department of Adult Education, a coop federation, an Ecuadorean volunteer organization, a training organization, community groups, and radio school program. About a dozen other …

An Evaluation Of Non-Formal Education In Ecuador, Donald A. Swanson

Non-Formal Education

A logical place to begin this study was to list objectives from the original contract. The University of Massachusetts/USAID contract for this Project had some explicit objectives and contractual agreements are briefly outlined here so that we have a common background for discussing merits of this project. They are:

1. Create and field test a range of non-formal educational techniques using local institutions to implement and support these techniques in field situation.
2. Develop a number of non-formal educational methodologies which are feasible for use by existing Ecuadorean institutions.
3. Implement selected methodologies with institutions, including the Ministry of Education, with on-going evaluation …