1st Edition

School and Community in Less Developed Areas

Edited By Kevin M. Lillis Copyright 1985
296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

There has long been a debate about the role of schools and relevant education in community development in less developed areas. Efforts are continually being made to relate the work of schools more closely to the life of the local community. First published in 1985, School and Community in Less Developed Areas discusses this important subject. This volume considers relevant theory and reviews... Read more

Introduction
Kevin M. Lillis

1. Education and Community: Perspectives from the studies
Kevin M. Lillis

Part 1: Education and Community: Contexts

2. Pre-School Education: Recent developments in pre-school policies and provision in developing countries and in the UK
Elizabeth Sestini

3. School and Community in Situations of Close Proximity: the question of small States
Colin Brock and Roy Parker

4. School, University and Community
Lalage Bown

5. Education, Community and Development: the practicable and impracticable in donor policies
Ian Clifton-Everest

6. Thoughts on an Analytic Paradigm
Desmond Hogan

Part 2: Education and Community: Cases

7. Vanuatu’s Nascent Education System: An assessment of the pressures during the early years of Independence
Roger Greenfield

8. The Diversification of Secondary School Curricula: Problems and possibilities in Papua New Guinea
Graham Vulliamy

9. The Seychelles National Youth Service
Colin Lacey

10. Changes of Curriculum = Change of Attitude? A discussion of recent attempts in Sri Lanka and Britain to inject pre-vocational studies into the school curriculum
Agnes Nairn

11. Multi-Cultural Progress in Polar Sweden
Henning Johansson

12. Schooling, Gender and Development in Trinidad and Tobago
Judith Foreman

13. Without Women No Development: The role of non-formal education for women in African development
Lalage Bown

Biography

Kevin M. Lillis, at the time of the first publication, was lecturer in the Department of Education in Developing Countries at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

Review of the first publication:

‘…contain[s] much of value to people interested in schools’ interactions with communities in developing regions.’

R. Murray Thomas, Comparative Education Review, Volume 31, Issue 1