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Espinoza Vergara,M.; Ooijens, J.; Tampe Birke, A.
Educating for work in low-income rural areas

Montevideo: Cinterfor, 2000
234 p.

 

 

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This work proposes a model of Occupational Education to be applied to low-income rural and urban populations. It is the result of a Project of Education for Work (Spanish acronym POCET) carried out in the Republic of Honduras from 1990 to 1996, although it also reflects the knowledge derived from experiences in adult education in other parts of the world, Latin American countries in particular.

The model proposed stems from a process of experimentation and systematisation that can be considered a scientific method applicable to populations similar to the one that was the subject of the test, that is to say, rural population groups practising survival agriculture with low rates of schooling, high illiteracy and precarious support services. It can likewise be applied to semi-urban sectors with high poverty indexes.

The book is intended for the use of high-level decision makers, professionals and technicians who take on operational responsibilities at intermediate public levels, and directors of private organisations participating through education, in particular the education of young people and adults, both men and women.

Many organisations and institutions took part in this methodological experience, as well as individual professionals and technicians. However, its main actors were the groups and persons from the communities involved, who played a leading part in this process of Education for Work.

 

 

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