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Siguiendo El Arco Iris: Hablan Los Facilitadores 25 Anos Despues, Ximena Aldaz, Ayme Quijia, Ana Lucia Tasiguano, Susana Zhagnay

Ecuador Project

No abstract provided.

Arco Iris De La Alfabetizacion: Educacion No Formal En Ecuador 25 Anos Despues, Ernique Tasiguano Muzo

Ecuador Project

No abstract provided.

Literacy's Rainbow: The Ecuador Nfe Project Twenty-Five Years Later, Ernique Tasiguano Muzo

Ecuador Project

No abstract provided.

Tractatus Pedagogico Peripateticus (The Walk Of Future Learning), Daniel James Macneil

Master's Capstone Projects

Our understanding of human learning has been greatly improved by recent research findings from the fields of cognitive science, neurobiology, organizational studies, anthropology, linguistics, and evolutionary psychology. Despite all that is known, however, the majority of formal schools in the world operate much as they did 50 years ago. The pedagogy and the structure of the educational experience still reflect industrial age assumptions that are increasingly anachronistic in the modern knowledge production economy and in the post-modern cultural arena. Given the paucity of examples, it is difficult to visualize the characteristics of a future learning society - a society that …

Together With The Center For Immigrant & Refugee Community Leadership And Empwerment (Circle), The Food Guide Pyramid Has Taken Root In Nutrition Education In The Vietnamese Community In Springfield, Ma, Hong Nguyen

Master's Capstone Projects

A Case study of family nutrition program & expanded food and nutrition education program in the Vietnamese refugee and immigrant community in Springfield, MA - U.S.A.: establishment and implementation of family-based and youth training models using non-formal educational techniques in nutrition education and recommendations for the applicability in the context of Vietnam.

An Exploration Of Social Change In Tropical And Sub-Tropical Rural Agrarian Societies, Cole D. Genge

Master's Capstone Projects

A qualitative research project on the dynamics of social change in rural agrarian societies in the tropics and sub-tropics was conducted during the months of October and December of 1998 and January of this year. The research topic emerged, in part, from researcher's interest on issues related to community development in the third world, environmental issues in the tropics, and the promotion of social change for the benefit of marginalized peoples.

The preliminary study of social change in the rural tropics was the result of five case studies with individuals living in the Pioneer Valley region of Western Massachusetts who …

A Proposal For A Community Development Training Program For Afghan Women In Exile As Agents Of Change, Rahela Sakhi Kamyar

Master's Capstone Projects

It is illegal in today's Afghanistan if a strange male hears a woman's voice or the sound of her footsteps. The man will be provoked and it is the fault of the woman and she should be punished. This is an example of misinterpretation of Islam being enforced by the Taliban in Afghanistan since 1996.

Afghan women suffer from disparity in terms of education, employment and participation in their country's development process. Traditionally, women in Afghanistan have had an important symbolic role as the core or heart of the society. Women have been seen as the primary vehicle for passing …

Kinsey Dialogue Series #1: The Origins And Challenges Of Participatory Action Research, Orlando Fals Borda

Participatory Research & Practice

Participatory research as we now know it, with its emphasis on practice in conditions of exploitation and poverty, originated in Third World countries such as India, Brazil, Mexico, Tanzania and Colombia. Participatory research emerged around 1970, when socials scientists who shared a particular concern about life conditions among the rural poor, became dissatisfied with our training. Our conceptions of Cartesian rationality, progress, and "normal" science had been challenged, and we sought alternative emancipatory modes of research and action. This included looking for conceptual elements to guide our fieldwork that would take us beyond our tentative first steps with social psychology, …

Baseline Study - Part Iii, David R. Evans, Gretchen Rossman, Urvashi Sahni

Strengthening the Education of Girls in India

No abstract provided.

Preliminary Program Effects On Girls' Enrollment And Classroom Learning Environments, David R. Evans, Gretchen Rossman, Urvashi Sahni

Strengthening the Education of Girls in India

No abstract provided.

Plan For The Use Of Findings For Decision-Making And Refinement Of Program, David R. Evans, Gretchen Rossman, Urvashi Sahni

Strengthening the Education of Girls in India

The project, Strengthening the Education of Girls in India, was designed in 1995 through a collaborative effort of USAID officials and Indian nationals who are experts in girls' and women's education. In the three and one-half years since the project was designed, changes have occurred in the climate of support for and thinking about girls' education in India generally and the state of Uttar Pradesh specifically. this document describes salient elements of that changing context and discusses how the project will respond to them. The document also describes how findings thus far from project implementation will shape refinement of the …

Summary Stemtec Evaluation Report, Morton Sternheim

STEMTEC

No abstract provided.

Annual Report, Morton Sternheim

STEMTEC

No abstract provided.

Web Accessories For Introductory Economics At The University Of Massachusetts, Nancy Folbre

Economics Department Faculty Publications Series

This is a brief description of two websites that were developed to supplement introductory economics courses.

The Role Of Student Involvement And Perceptions Of Integration In A Causal Model Of Student Persistence, Joseph B. Berger, Jeffrey F. Milem

Center for International Education Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.