Fishing for a New Paradigm in
Development Education: Focus on Real Needs
Pillai, S. In Focus Journal,
Vol.1 (Fall
2002).
ABSTRACT
This paper first takes a brief but
critical look at a telling instance of education and development
discourse as expressed by representatives of government agencies
that concerns itself with assistance to the developing world.
Here the paper focuses on a frequently used key expression which
points to a simplistic, singular view of the nature of development
problems. The paper argues that there are many types of
development problems and that the real needs must be identified
for each particular setting. The paper then draws on a concrete
example from Ethiopia where generalised assumptions about
education and development do not fit with the local situation: the
real needs are specific to that setting.
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ARTICLE
The
Similarities Between Non-Formal Education and Early Childhood
Education
Rich-Orloff, W.
In Focus
Journal,
Vol.1
(Fall 2002).
ABSTRACT
When one hears the term “Non-Formal Education” (NFE), what comes
to mind? Does the person think of Paulo Freire? Empowering the
poor? Supporting communities to become self-sufficient? Expanding
the accessibility of educational opportunities? Health or gender
issues? Political revolution? All of these areas have in some way
been associated with NFE.
This paper, though, looks at NFE from a different perspective. In
many ways the principles and techniques of NFE are very similar to
early childhood education (ECE). After defining both NFE and ECE
and their respective principles and techniques, we will then
compare the two and see what similarities we find. The High/Scope
Curriculum will be used as a case study to see NFE principles in
practice in an ECE setting.
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ARTICLE
Educational Opportunity: El Salvador’s Barriers to Achieving
Equality Persist
Rosekrans, K. In Focus
Journal, Vol.1 (Fall
2002).
ABSTRACT
In this article, the author, who lives and works in El
Salvador, analyzes the different levels of educational opportunity
attained in this country, barriers to improving equity, and the
potential effects on equity of current policies and programs. She
offers a framework for analyzing educational opportunity as well
as a model for improving equity through compensatory strategies to
enhance educational quality for the poorest sectors.
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ARTICLE
BOOK REVIEWS
Children’s Work, Schooling,
and Welfare in Latin America written
by David Post.
Review
by Michael Adams.
In Focus Journal,
Vol.1
(Fall 2002).
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PEER REVIEWERS FOR VOLUME 1
Michael Adams,
Florida International University;
Hamood Al-Harti,
University of Pittsburgh/Sultan Qaboos University; Lizzie Anderson,
New York University;
Ngang Cornelius Awasom, University
of Yaounde, Cameroon; Pheobe Farag,
George Washington
University; Li Feng,
Florida State
University; Roger G.
Gonzalez, Penn State
University; Nagwa Megahed, University
of Pittsburgh; Pat Moran,
Florida State
University; Khlaid Morat,
University of Virginia;
and Pauline Wong,
University of California
at Los Angeles;
