Volume 15, Issue 4
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Editorial
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY Until the sixties, cross?national educational research was uncontroversial but latterly, unwelcome trends have emerged: ‘dependence’ on the part of the developing countries and a kind of intellectual imperialism ... -
Some Fundamental Considerations for Educational Research with and in Developing Countries
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY How can the essential interdependence of the countries of the world in the twentieth century — the growth of ‘one world’ — be reconciled with preserving each country's cultural identity? Educational research must ... -
Educational Research on the Third World or with the Third World: a view from the South
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY The various undesirable approaches to research by foreign researchers in developing countries can be characterised as ‘turn?key’, ‘laboratory’, and ‘ivory tower’. In general, funding sources may dictate research ... -
North-South Collaborative Research in Education
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY The nature of North?South collaboration on educational research is heavily influenced by the existence of external education aid projects in the Third World. Donors require evaluations of projects: they are torn ... -
Educational Research and Developing Countries; facts, figures and some conceptual approaches for analysing interactions between funding, products and users
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY Educational research in the development context (ERDC) is the product of various kinds of international interactions and negotiations. These provide a typology of such research: disciplinary, instrumental, action, ... -
Transpositions from Research into Policy and Practice: possibilities for foreign researchers
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY The stereotypical view of the relationship between researchers and policy makers is that there is a generation?wide gap which is hard to bridge. Perhaps the best remedy, for research on education in developing ... -
Current Research Projects on Educational Problems of Third World Countries: a survey among German educationists
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY German developing country educational research was surveyed through a questionnaire to researchers. The research covered a wide range, both geographically and in terms of educational sector. Projects tend to be ... -
Recent Educational Research on Developing Countries by German Researchers: a survey of the literature
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY This article presents a survey of German educational research on developing countries based on the published literature. A predominant optimism about the role of education in development, based on American ... -
Research on Education in Developing Countries: an inventory of Dutch projects and programmes
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY The article surveys current Dutch research in the field, classifying it by theme, source of finance, and type of collaboration involved. Comment is then made on some of the concrete problems of research procedure. ... -
The Failure of Ethics in Practice: cultural and institutional barriers of a research project in Venezuela
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY This article describes in concrete detail the problems and difficulties — described in theory elsewhere — which can be experienced in collaborative research with developing countries. Starting with clear ideals, ... -
Recent and Current Educational Research with and in Developing Countries by Researchers from Britain
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY A survey of British work on education in developing countries lists projects under a number of headings — from ‘qualifications and job selection’, to ‘small countries’, and ‘in service training’. The article ends ... -
Problems of Technical Cooperation in Educational Research: reflections on a Colombian/Dutch research programme
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY This article is a sub|ective assessment by the Dutch researchers in a collaborative project It describes the chronology, and comments on relationships between Dutch and Colombian project coordinators, research ... -
The Issue of Equity: research on selection processes for educational programmes in developing countries
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY The project described is concerned with designing selection processes for ‘upgrading programmes’ in science and mathematics, to be used especially in southern African countries. There is a conflict between the ... -
Vocational Training for Refugees and Sudanese: an institutional set?up for cooperative research
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY This training project, set up under the Sudanese Government's National Programme for the Settlement of Refugees, offers apprenticeship training through vocational training centres, and basic training through youth ... -
Students Learning Orientations and Adult Work (SLOG): a case in collaborative cross?national educational research
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY The Students Learning Orientation Group is a cross?national collaborative project and research team, which is examining the link between measures of assessment — (qualifications) — orientation, and long term work ... -
Research Project on Youth, Non?Formal Training and Employment in Lusaka, Zambia: a case?study
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1984)SUMMARY This research — on the social and economic role of non?formal urban craft training — led the author to conclude that local collaboration is essential. He did not work with a counterpart, but invested great importance ...
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