This is one of a series of Education Papers issued from time to time by the Education Department of the Department For International Development. Each paper represents a study or piece of commissioned research on some aspect of education and training in developing countries. Most of the studies were undertaken in order to provide informed judgements from which policy decisions could be drawn, but in each case it has become apparent that the material produced would be of interest to a wider audience, particularly those whose work focuses on developing countries.
Each paper is numbered serially, and further copies can be obtained through the DFID's Education Department, 94 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5JL, subject to availability. A full list appears overleaf.
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OTHER EDUCATION RESEARCH PAPERS IN THIS SERIES
No. 1 |
SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A SUMMARY OF THE
RESEARCH EVIDENCE. |
No. 2 |
EDUCATIONAL COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS. |
No. 3 |
REDUCING THE COST OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION. |
No. 4 |
REPORT ON READING ENGLISH IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN
MALAWI. |
No. 5 |
REPORT ON READING ENGLISH IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN
ZAMBIA. |
No. 6 |
EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT: THE ISSUES AND THE
EVIDENCE. |
No. 7 |
PLANNING AND FINANCING SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION SYSTEMS IN
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. |
No. 8 |
Not allocated |
No. 9 |
FACTORS AFFECTING FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION IN SEVEN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. |
No. 10 |
USING LITERACY: A NEW APPROACH TO POST-LITERACY
METHODS. |
No. 11 |
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE INFORMAL SECTOR. |
No. 12 |
MULTI-GRADE TEACHING: A REVIEW OF RESEARCH AND
PRACTICE. |
No. 13 |
DISTANCE EDUCATION IN ENGINEERING FOR DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES. |
No. 14 |
HEALTH & HIV/AIDS EDUCATION IN PRIMARY & SECONDARY
SCHOOLS IN AFRICA & ASIA. |
No. 15 |
LABOUR MARKET SIGNALS & INDICATORS. |
No. 16 |
IN-SERVICE SUPPORT FOR A TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SCIENCE
EDUCATION. |
No. 17 |
ACTION RESEARCH REPORT ON "REFLECT" METHOD OF TEACHING
LITERACY. |
No. 18 |
THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF ARTISANS FOR THE INFORMAL SECTOR
IN TANZANIA. |
No. 19 |
GENDER, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT - A PARTIALLY ANNOTATED AND
SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. |
No. 20 |
CONTEXTUALISING TEACHING AND LEARNING IN RURAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS
USING AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE. |
No. 21 |
GENDER AND SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN. |
No. 22 |
SCHOOL-BASED UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN FOUR COUNTRIES:
A COMMONWEALTH STUDY. |
No. 23 |
GIRLS AND BASIC EDUCATION: A CULTURAL ENQUIRY. |
No. 24 |
INVESTIGATING BILINGUAL LITERACY: EVIDENCE FROM MALAWI AND
ZAMBIA. |
No. 25 |
PROMOTING GIRLS' EDUCATION IN AFRICA. |
No. 26 |
GETTING BOOKS TO SCHOOL PUPILS IN AFRICA. |
No. 27 |
COST SHARING IN EDUCATION. |
No. 28 |
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN TANZANIA AND ZIMBABWE IN
THE CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC REFORM. |
No. 29 |
RE-DEFINING POST-LITERACY IN A CHANGING WORLD. |
No. 30 |
IN SERVICE FOR TEACHER DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA. |
No. 31 |
PRODUCTION OF LOCALLY GENERATED TRAINING MATERIALS. |
No. 32 |
SECTOR WIDE APPROACHES TO EDUCATION. |
No. 33 |
DISTANCE EDUCATION PRACTICE: TRAINING & REWARDING
AUTHORS. |
No. 34 |
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHER RESOURCE CENTRE
STRATEGY. |
No. 35 |
EVALUATING IMPACTS (OF EDUCATION PROJECTS &
PROGRAMMES). |
No. 36 |
AFRICAN JOURNALS - A SURVEY OF THEIR USAGE IN AFRICAN
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES. |
No. 38 |
TOWARDS RESPONSIVE SCHOOLS - SUPPORTING BETTER SCHOOLING FOR
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN (case studies from Save the Children). |
No. 39 |
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE ABUSE OF GIRLS IN ZIMBABWEAN
JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. |
No. 40 |
THE IMPACT OF TRAINING ON WOMEN'S MICRO-ENTERPRISE
DEVELOPMENT |
OTHER DFID EDUCATION STUDIES ALSO AVAILABLE
REDRESSING GENDER INEQUALITIES IN EDUCATION. N Swainson (1995)
FACTORS AFFECTING GIRLS' ACCESS TO SCHOOLING IN NIGER. S Wynd (1995)
EDUCATION FOR RECONSTRUCTION. D Phillips, N Arnhold, J Bekker, N Kersh, E McLeish (1996)
AFRICAN JOURNAL DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMME: EVALUATION OF 1994 PILOT PROJECT. D Rosenberg (1996)
A MODEL OF BEST PRACTICE AT LORETO DAY SCHOOL, SEALDAH, CALCUTTA. T Jessop (1998)
All available free of charge from DFID Education Department, 94 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5JL