Contribution to Study of the Rural Environment within the Framework of Functional Literacy Operations.

Institution	United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).
Titel	Contribution to Study of the Rural Environment within the Framework of Functional Literacy Operations.
Quelle	(1979), (51 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Stellungnahme; Adult Basic Education; Agriculture; Change Strategies; Correlation; Developing Nations; Environmental Influences; Functional Literacy; Human Capital; Program Development; Rural Development; Rural Education; Rural Population; Surveys; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Landwirtschaft; Lösungsstrategie; Korrelation; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Funktionale Kompetenz; Humankapital; Programmplanung; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Landbevölkerung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	Because the traditional methods of adult literacy training frequently fail to achieve their objectives and because their implementation on a vast scale would be too costly, this UNESCO quide is presented as an aid in linking literacy campaigns to national development projects and the motivations for change which these might arouse among the rural target populations of the Third World. The guide illustrates the way in which agency personnel can get acquainted with the target area/population and how a literacy programme should be explained to the participants. General suggestions are presented, providing enough liberty for the experts to act on the special needs of the population and according to their own professional interests. Preliminary considerations in the study of the rural environment are reviewed. Specific problems are then examined from a theoretical standpoint; these include regional and local surveys, farming methods, land ownership, transmission of property through kinship ties, irrigation, cooperative activities, role of women, technology of the area (primitive or skilled), and the attitude of the population towards education. The second half of the guide deals with the practical procedures for conducting an environmental study including how to get preliminary information, how and with whom to conduct interviews, and how to quickly conduct a village survey. (AN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC