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EDUCATION 25 ethics and corruption in education. It aims at sensitizing decision-makers and educational managers to the importance of combating corruption in education; at providing them with key tools to detect and assess corruption problems; and at guiding them in formulating strategies to curb malpractices. It refers to the experiences of over 60 countries, on the basis of information collected in partnership with ministries, development agencies and national research institutions. The book first defines the key concepts of corruption, transparency, accountability and ethics. It then identifies major opportunities for corruption within the education sector. It describes tools for assessing corruption problems – from perception to tracking surveys, and draws lessons from strategies experimented worldwide to improve transparency and accountability. Finally, it lists 12 recommendations aimed at policy-makers and educational managers. Also published in French: Écoles corrompues, universités corrompues : que faire ? In Spanish: Escuelas corruptas, universidades corruptas: ¿Qué hacer? Education Planning and Management, and the Use of Geographical Information Systems John Mendelsohn IIEP Studies series 1996, 78 pp., figs, biblio., 23 × 15 cm ISBN 978-92-803-1158-7 € 15.00 UNESCO-IIEP Financing Secondary Education in Developing Countries: Strategies for Sustainable Growth Keith Lewin and Françoise Caillods IIEP Studies series 2001, 300 pp., tables, charts, biblio., 23 × 15 cm ISBN 978-92-803-1199-0 € 20.00 UNESCO-IIEP From Data to Action: Information Systems in Educational Planning Edited by David W. Chapman and Lars O. Mählck IIEP Studies series 1993, 259 pp., tables, biblio., 23 × 15 cm ISBN 978-92-803-1148-8 € 16.00 UNESCO-IIEP/Pergamon Press From Planning to Action: Government Initiatives for Improving School-level Practice Edited by D. W. Chapman, L. O. Mählck and Anna E. M. Smulders IIEP Studies series 1997, 304 pp., 23 × 15 cm ISBN 978-92-803-1163-1 € 20.00 UNESCO-IIEP/Pergamon Press Incentives Analysis and Individual Decision-making in the Planning of Education Edited by Frances N. Kemmerer and Douglas M. Windham IIEP Studies series 1997, 202 pp., figs, biblio., 23 × 15 cm ISBN 978-92-803-1164-8 € 20.00 UNESCO-IIEP Also published in Arabic Revisiting Technical and Vocational Education in Sub-Saharan Africa An Update on Trends, Innovations and Challenges David Atchoarena and André Delluc IIEP Studies series 2003, 360 pp., figs, tables, biblio., 23 × 15 cm ISBN 978-92-803-1224-9 € 20.00 UNESCO-IIEP Promoting Skills Development Report of an Inter-regional Seminar, Paris, 22-23 January 2004 IIEP Studies series 2004, 100 pp., 23 × 15 cm ISBN 978-92-803-1261-4 € 12.00 UNESCO-IIEP Based on the contributions made to an Interregional Seminar held in Paris in 2004, this report stresses the importance of skills development as a key factor in facilitating the social and economic integration of excluded groups. It draws attention to conceptual issues, policy challenges and options in skills development both within and outside formal school systems. It also examines the strategies set up in Lao PDR, Mali, Nepal and Senegal within the framework of the Education for All (EFA) programme, as well as the application of programmes to develop skills in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Niger. This report is a useful working tool for all those concerned with the education of disadvantaged groups in cities and poor rural areas, ethnic and linguistic minorities, and out-of-school and outof-work youths and adults. Also published in French: Promouvoir le développement de compétences Science Education and Development Planning and Policy Issues at Secondary Level Françoise Caillods, Gabrièle Göttelmann-Duret and Keith Lewin IIEP Studies series 1997, 242 pp., biblio., 23 × 15 cm ISBN 978-92-803-1160-0 € 20.00 UNESCO-IIEP Needs-based Resource Allocation in Education via Formula Funding of Schools Edited by Kenneth N. Ross and Rosalind Levačić IIEP Studies series 1999, 258 pp., 23 × 15 cm ISBN 978-92-803-1171-6 € 20.00 This book explores a range of conceptual, methodological and empirical issues concerned with the application of needs-based resource allocation in education via formula funding of schools. Divided into three main parts – the policy context for needs-based formula funding, technical matters relating to constructing funding formulae, and five country case studies – the study stresses that needs-based formula funding of schools in beneficial to both centralized and decentralized school systems. Also published in Spanish: Asignación de recursos a la educación basada en necesidades utilizando fórmulas de financiación de las escuelas Publications of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) UIL Studies series Adult Education in Selected Countries in the Asian Region A Reference for Policies Programmes and Delivery Modes Edited by Madhu Singh UIL Studies series 2003, 122 pp., 21 × 14.7 cm ISBN 978-92-820-1127-0 € 11.00 UNESCO-UIL Developing Programmes for Adult Learners in Africa Mathew Gboku, Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko UIL Studies series 2007, 216 pp., figs, tables, references, 24 × 16.8 cm ISBN 978-92-820-1120-1 € 20.00 UNESCO-UIL/Pearson Education South Africa This book identifies quantitative, qualitative and multi-method approaches, and is based upon existing research methods teaching in Africa. It is grounded in African adult education contexts
26 EDUCATION and draws on material and experiences from research courses taught in African universities. It emphasises the importance of combining quantitative methods with qualitative research that is embedded in adult education contexts and that builds on indigenous knowledge. Examples of the contexts addressed in the book include: village communities, agriculture development workers, literacy and income generation projects, community policing strategies, brigades, vocational training centres, mass health awareness campaigns such as HIV/ AIDS, work-based education and training, management development, needs analyses, and the training of adult education trainers. Breaking Through Engendering Monitoring and Evaluation in Adult Education Edited by Carolyn Medel-Añonuevo UIL Studies series 1999, 168 pp., notes, appendix, 22.5 × 15 cm ISBN 978-92-820-1096-9 € 10.20 UNESCO-UIL Discovering Literacy Access Routes to Written Culture for a Group of Women in Mexico Judy Kalman Translated from Spanish by author UIL Studies Series 2005, VIII +157 pp., tables, biblio., 23.5 × 15.5 cm ISBN 978-92-820-1137-9 € 28.00 UNESCO-UIL Winner of the 2002 UNESCO International Award for Literacy Research. Discovering Literacy explores the presence of written culture within community life. It spotlights a literacy project set up for a group of Mexican women living in a small town on the edge of Mexico City and examines the impact the project has on their lives. The author draws a number of important conclusions regarding the significance of literacy for adult education in a local context. Also published in French: A la découverte de l’alphabétisation. Voies d’accès vers la culture de l’écrit pour un groupe de femmes vivant au Mexique Foundations of Adult Education in Africa Fredrick Nafukho, Maurice Amutabi and Ruth Otunga UIL Studies series 2005, 182 pp., figs, references, index, 24 × 16.8 cm ISBN 978-92-820-1121-8 € 20.00 UNESCO-UIL/Pearson Education South Africa Foundations of Adult Education in Africa provides a historical perspective on the current educational context. It discusses the impact of the colonial past and the changing practices of the present, highlighting as it does the key concepts, information and principles in the African context. The book touches on such issues as the history of adult education in Africa; philosophy and adult education; sociocultural, political and economic environments; opportunities and access for adult learners; gender and development in adult education; and adult education as a developing profession. It further considers the impact of information and communication technology and globalization on the policies and structures of lifelong learning. Institutionalising Lifelong Learning: Creating Conducive Environments for Adult Learning in the Asian Context Edited by Madhu Singh UIL Studies series 2002, XII + 341 pp., tables, biblio., 22.6 × 15.3 cm ISBN 978-92-820-1126-3 € 30.00 UNESCO-UIL Landscapes of Literacy An Ethnographic Study of Functional Literacy in Marginal Philippine Communities Maria Luisa Canieso-Doronila UIL Studies series Winner of the 1994 International Award for Literacy Research 1997, 206 pp., biblio., 23.5 × 15.5 cm ISBN 978-92-820-1188-1 € 18.30 UNESCO-UIL/Luzac Oriental Also published in Spanish: Paisajes de la alfabetización: un estudio etnográfico de la alfabetización funcional en comunidades marginales de las Filipinas Learning, Knowledge and Cultural Context Edited by Linda King UIL Studies series 1999, 312 p., 24 × 16 cm ISBN 978-92-820-1098-3 € 25.00 UNESCO-UIL/Kluwer Academic Publishers Literacy, Knowledge and Development South-South Policy Dialogue on Quality Education for Adults and Young People Edited by Madhu Singh and Luz María Castro Mussot UIL Studies series 2007, 610 pp., tables, figs, references, 22.5 × 17 cm ISBN 978-92-820-1151-5 Multilingual: English/Spanish € 20.00 UNESCO-UIL The volume is the result of the South-South Policy Dialogue on Quality Education for Adults and Young People, a conference that took place in Mexico city in 2005. Articles address literacy policies from the governmental perspective along with basic education and competence recognition. The question of quality education for adults and youth is also discussed. From Mexico’s use of ICT-based learning for indigenous people to South Africa’s national qualification framework, from Brazil’s national literacy programme Brazil Alfabetizado to India’s Continuing Education Centres for empowering the masses in Indian villages, the strategies presented show that the countries of the South can greatly benefit from this kind of dialogue. Literacy and the Mind The Contexts and Cognitive Consequences of Literacy Practice Allan B. I. Bernardo UIL Studies series 1998, 146 pp., 23 × 15.5 cm ISBN 978-92-820-1087-7 € 17.50 UNESCO-UIL Measuring the Right to Education Jean-Jacques Friboulet, Anatole Niaméogo, Valérie Liechti, Claude Dalbera and Patrice Meyer-Bisch UIL Studies series 2006, 153 pp. ISBN 978-92-820-1150-8 € 30.00 UNESCO-UIL/The Interdisciplinary Institute for Ethics and Human Rights, and Schulthess Publishers At a time when hundreds of millions of people in the world lack education, it is of little use to proclaim the right to education unless one can measure the implementation of the right and identify the factors that affect its fulfillment. A precise methodology for this purpose, carefully tested in Burkina Faso, is made available in this book, which marks a new departure in the global effort to promote the universal right to education. The Psychology of Adult Learning in Africa Thomas Fasokun, Anne Katahoire, Akpovire Oduaran UIL Studies series 2005, 172 pp., figs, black and white photographs, references, 24 × 16.8 cm ISBN 978-92-820-1117-1 € 20.00 UNESCO-UIL/Pearson Education South Africa Psychology as an applied discipline can help adult educators be more effective in their work. With this in mind, The Psychology of Adult Learning in Africa analyses the cultural factors that influence the characteristics, behaviour and thinking of adult learners in Africa. The chapters provide an introduction to the psychology of adult learning and address such subjects as: lifelong learning; human motivation and participation; and the various learning styles. It also considers ways to facilitate adult learning and provide learners with the necessary guidance and counselling to support them.
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