Educational aspects of community development

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EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 1
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION 2
EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 3
Foreword 5
CONTENTS 7
INTRODUCTION 10
CONTENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 13
Adult Education 14
Use of Leisure and Physical Education 14
General References on Community Development 15
TRAINING OF SPECIALISTS AND FIELD WORKERS 18
Team Training of Leaders in British Togoland. 19
Training Community Leaders in the Gold Coast 19
Analysis of Approach and Methods 20
Leadership Training in Tanganyika 21
Leadership Training in the light of Survey – Fiji 21
Training Leaders in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 21
Encouraging Leaders to Emerge 22
Unesco's Regional Training Centres 22
SAMPLE PAMPHLET 23
COURSE IN LEADERSHIP TRAINING 25
SAMPLE SYLLABUS 29
WIVES' COURSE 34
References on Leader Training. 35
BASIC SURVEYS AND EDUCATION PLANS 36
Field Teams 37
References on Community Development Projects and Teams 39
LITERACY CAMPAIGNS 40
Language Problems and Language Teaching 41
Methods of Literacy Teaching 41
Varying Methods 42
Campaign using the Laubach Technique 44
Using the "Sentence" Method 45
Mass Education Project in Udi, Southern Nigeria 46
Sierra Leone 46
Use of Puppets in Kenya 46
Mass Literacy Campaign in Nigeria 47
Film in Literacy Projects 48
Mass Literacy and Community Development 48
References on Literacy Techniques 49
Using New Literates 49
FOLLOW-UP LITERATURE 52
Main Difficulties in the Provision of Vernacular Literature 52
Experience in the Gold Coast 53
Production of Follow-up Literature 53
References on Literature Production 54
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND THEIR USE 55
Library and Museum Services: The Community Centre 56
Practical Points on Library Services 57
School Museum in Nigeria 59
References on Libraries and Literature 60
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 62
Training Schools 63
Kenya 77
Nyasaland. 77
School as the Focal Point of Community Work – Northern Rhodesia 78
Nigeria 80
Community Service Camps – Northern Rhodesia 81
School Go-operatives in Brazil 81
References on Schools and Community Development 82
School Co-operative in the Purari Delta, Papua 82
Travelling School – Chile 82
USE OF FILM, RADIO AND RELATED MEDIA. 84
Points from Field Research on Films and Filmstrip 85
Points on Choosing the Programme 86
An Experiment in Community Development 87
Structure of Programmes, from experience in Morocco. 87
References on Films and Techniques 89
References on the Use of Radio in Community Development 90
Drama 91
Demonstration Team in Uganda 92
HEALTH EDUCATION. 92
Health Work 92
Health Education in Buganda. 93
References on Health Work 95
EDUCATION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS 96
Points from Field Workers on Women’s Work 96
Maternity and Home Management Training 97
An Institute for Women in Northern Rhodesia 98
Women’s Education in Nigeria 98
References on Women’s Work. 99
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 101
Community Development in Jamaica 102
Agricultural Extension 103
Agricultural Extension in Northern Rhodesia 103
Extension and the School 104
Gaining the People's Confidence 104
Planning an Extension Programme 104
References on Agricultural Work 105
Use of Demonstration Teams for Rural Work – Uganda 105
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH YOUTH WORK 107
Training Syllabus 108
Animal Diseases and their Treatment 110
Village Work 110
Buying and Distribution 112
CO-OPERATIVES IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 112
Organization 113
References on Co-operatives 113
South Pacific Commission Technical Papers 115

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