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Resource Type: Articles
by Simon Batchelor. There has been a lot of discussion in academic circles about how adults learn. People working in development are becoming increasingly influenced by the writings of Brazilian adult educationalist, Paulo Freire. He suggested that education is never neutral. When a teacher teaches, it either leads to people conforming to society, or to liberation. He went on to say that people learn more by critically thinking through their own situation than by soaking up the ...
Resource Type: Magazine
A variety of practical, low-cost ideas sent in or requested by readers
Resource Type: Articles
by Ben Osuga. Communities are often visited by various groups of people who hope to help the community. These visitors often bring with them packages of assistance which they expect the community to welcome. When communities are visited in this way, they develop their own expectations about the visitors and their future plans.
Resource Type: Articles
Knowledge of first aid may help you to save a life
Resource Type: Articles
Compiled by Isabel Carter, Bessie Cormack, Dr Elizabeth Swain, Sue Hanley and Sandra Michie. All of us have probably experienced a real emergency at some time in our lives – situations when we wonder how best to help and no-one else nearby knows what to do. Most emergency situations will need medical help. However, what we do in the first few minutes before expert medical help arrives may be of huge importance. Making the wrong decisions may sometimes mean the difference between life and ...
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Resource Type: Poster
In Footsteps No 8, we looked at some ideas for producing illustrations which could be used as posters. Here is a simple idea for producing lettering for posters or banners. These are outlines of lettering guides. They will give a neat and uniform result which can be easily achieved by anyone with a little practice. They will usually be much better and easier to read than letters drawn free-hand. The letter guides include ways of drawing numbers. They may also give ideas for other symbols ...
Resource Type: Articles
This is a very useful teaching method which has been developed and used by Kumasi Health Education Unit in Ghana. It encourages community health workers to participate in discussion and to develop self confidence in thinking through the problems and needs of their community. It is also an exercise which will help trainers to assess the understanding and knowledge of their trainees.
Resource Type: Bible studies
Family planning is a sensitive issue about which Christians may have very different views. This study may help you to think more about your beliefs, and what your attitude should be towards others who may have opposite views.
Resource Type: Articles
By Jim Rowland. Anything that grows requires food, water, an energy supply and space. This is true whether we are talking about humans (especially children!), livestock, trees or crops. Human beings grow best where there are plenty of these resources and struggle, or die where there are not enough. Poor soil and over-population produce famine.
Resource Type: Articles
Following our last issue on ways of communicating, readers were invited to share their last experiences of using radio as a means of communication. Pamela Clifton-Reitmeier writes in from Chad…
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