Research Needs and International Cooperation: Central Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa

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• Research Needs and International Co-operation
  Central Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa
• Heribert Hinzen
• IIZ/DVV
• Danube University Krems
• 28-30 April, 2005

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• Report on work in process
• Training of adult educators through higher
  education institutions
• 2OO3 study on changes in the last decade in
  CEE/SEE conference in Pécs, Hungary
  publication
• 2OO4 study on the situation in Africa
  Asia/Pacific conference in Capetown, South
  Africa in April 2OO5

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• Who? Why?
• Institute for International Cooperation of the
  German Adult Education Association
  www.iiz-dvv.de
• cooperation with partners in adult education from
  Universities, Governments, NGOs
• to support
• training and staff development
• research and evaluation
• materials and media production
• learning for earning

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• Europe
• CEE/SEE study on adult education institutions
  survey based on questionnaire
• Nikolaus Kopernikus University, Torun, Poland
• results see IPE 44
• TEACH EU-Grundtvig Project with 14 partners for
  BA MA EMA modules in 2OO4-2OO6 see
  www.teach.pl

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• Research done needed CEE/SEE?
• accomplished
• systems change adult education
• management organisation financing
• assumed needs
• didactical/methodological process
• adult education and training labour market
• quality assurance valuing accrediting

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• Africa Asia / Pacific
• regional offices and programmes
• country projects and partners
• ASPBAE regional association
• TOT training of trainers 2OO3-O5
• scholarships for certificate and diploma at some
  ten African universities
• APAL African Perspectives on Adult Learning
• New TOT-proposal for 2OO6-O8

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• Six studies in 2OO4 / O5
• Survey and questionnaire similar to the European
  one and the same for Africa Asia/Pacific
• Anglophone Africa Ethiopia, Uganda
• Francophone Africa Mali, Senegal
• Central Asia Usbekistan, Kasachstan
• South Asia India, Bangladesh
• South East Asia Malysia, Thailand
• South Pacific Papua New Guinea, Fiji

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• Progress reports, Capetown, April, 2OO5
• presented and discussed
• snapshots on diversities
• many interesting findings
• comparative study communalities, similarities,
  differences not possible
• Angloph. Africa 14 institutions (13 Unis, 1 NGO)
  from 9 countries
• Central Asia 42 institutions (5 formal, 37 NGOs)
  from 5 countries
• South Asia 2O institutions (8 Unis, 12 NGOs)
  from 3 countries

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• On research needs - angl. Africa
• prospects for distance teaching?
• theory practice research appropriate
  combination?
• tracer studies University graduates in the world
  of work and life?

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• On research needs franc. Africa
• trends in research and publication are rather
  poor
• no research institutes dedicated to TOT but
  Ouagadougou Uni
• literacy and basic skills
• participatory appraisal methods

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• On research needs Asia
• Central
• no evidence for research found
• evaluation of training needs
• establish a network of resource centres for
  consultancy, training and research
• South
• self help groups
• school dropouts among women
• rural mobile libraries
• evaluation of neo-literates

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• On research needs Asia / Pacific
• South East
• migration of labour
• diversity of cultures
• globalisation economics
• South Pacific
• lack of research and systematic and up-to-date
  data collection and analysis
• very few tracer studies and impact assessments
  completed

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• Suggestions made
• research and travel grants
• collaborative research
• research and evaluation methods
• international networking
• exchange of best practice
• value of a comparative perspective
• better national, regional, international
  cooperation

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• Next steps
• studies to be completed
• conference report being written
• information shared via website and publication
• new TOT-proposal prepared for 2OO6-O8 with
  components for training, materials producion,
  regional and international exchange,
  scholarships, curriculum development
• Thanks!