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In Africa South of the Sahara, the most commonly expressed purpose of population education, whether in or out of school, is an improved quality of life for the individual, family, community or nation. Use of the technologies available for population education can contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the learning process in a variety of ways. A significant contribution of visual and audiovisual media to population education is the power to stimulate visualization and imaginative...
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Sub-Saharan Africa has recently attracted the attention and concern of the international community because of the deepening economic crisis that has persisted since the mid-1970s. The quality of life and development of progress and improvement for the rural population will depend on the extent to which countries of the region appreciate the interrelationships between population and socioeconomic development and adopt strategies to influence population trends. At both regional and national...
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The Republic of Seychelles is made up of islands and a melange of African, European, Indian, and Chinese people. Traditionally, attitudes towards sex have been governed by church morality and social consensus; however, with the dissemination of Western values brought in by tourists and the early maturation of teenagers, the breakdown of traditional institutions and values has changed sexual behavior in Seychelles. A 5 year United Nation Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) maternal and...
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The 1977 Sierra Leone 3 year population education project had 5 objectives: 1) to develop a core of Sierra Leoneans qualified in population education, 2) to integrate population education concepts into the curriculum for secondary schools and teachers colleges, 3) to train teachers already engaged in trial teaching in pilot schools in the new integrated curricula to give support to their colleagues, 4) to integrate population education into the whole Sierra Leone educational system, and 5)...
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Population education is an educational response to contemporary population issues and problems affecting social, economic, and political development and progress. The general goals of population education are to involve learners in a process that will enable them to broaden their awareness and understanding of population-related issues so that they will be able to make rational decisions that are personally meaningful and socially desirable. Unesco has since its creation, directed its...
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2 broad categories of personnel may be identified when discussing training needs in population education in Africa South of the Sahara: 1) the program staff and 2) the actual teachers of population education programs. This paper discusses both the common core of and the specific training needs for all teachers--pre-service teachers, serving teachers, and out-of-school population educators. Of critical importance in the development of population education programs, is the goal of changing...
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Over the last twenty years countries in Eastern Africa have made great progress in expanding educational opportunities and meeting manpower needs. Nonetheless the region still remains at the bottom of all rankings in educational development, and shortages of trained human resources are one of the main impediments to renewed economic and social development. Despite these needs, slow economic growth will limit the amount of funds available for education and relatively high education costs...
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The El Asnam earthquake of 1980 October 10 (Ms= 7.3) occurred on a segmented reverse fault in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria. This report re-examines the teleseismic data for the main shock and major aftershocks in the light of detailed studies of the surface breaks, geodetic changes and aftershock distribution. The observed thrust fault is split into southern, central and northern segments by distinct offsets and changes in trend. The southern and central segments are each about 12 km long,...
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Previous articleNext article No AccessU. S. Foreign Policy and the Education of Black South AfricansJohn DaviesJohn Davies Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Comparative Education Review Volume 29, Number 2May, 1985 Sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/446505...
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In line with international experience it is now widely accepted in South Africa that education has an important role to play in development, particularly of socio‐economically disadvantaged communities, although there is less certainty now than in the sixties as to what that role is. It cannot be governed solely by the manpower needs of the economy: men and women have their own equally important needs. Nor can this role be effective as long as education is equated with formal schooling,...