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Curriculum Development in Non-Formal Education DOCUMENT RESUME ED 388 757 CE 069 969 AUTHOR Thompson, J. D. Ekundayo TITLE Curriculum Development in Non-ForMal Edtcption. INSTITUTION African Association for Literacy and Adult Education, Nairobi (Kenya). REPORT NO ISBN-9966-9901-2-7 PUB DATE 95 NOTE 119p. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Teaching Guides (For Teacher) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adult Basic Education; *Curriculum Development; *Economic Development; Foreign Countries; Labor Force Development; Literacy Education; *Nonformal Education; *Population Education IDENTIFIERS Sierra Leone ABSTRACT The two parts of this book consider two main facets of nonformal curriculum development: theory and practice. Part I on nonformal curriculum theory has four chapters. Chapter 1 addresses the origins, meaning, purpose, and scope of nonformal education. Chapter 2 examines three major themes in discussions on nonformal education: nonformal education as an instrument of positive change, as a social control mechanism, and the context. Chapter 3 explores the rationale. Chapter 4 examines the rational planning model and three models that have relevance for curriculum development in nonformal education: psychosocial, liberal education, and Bhola's core-interface. The five chapters in Part II on nonformal curriculum practice consider the case of the People's Educational Association of Sierra Leone in integrating population education into adult literacy. Chapter 5 describes nonformal education in the Sierra Leone context where it is an educational response to the problems of out-of-school youth and illiterate adults and an alternative development strategy. Chapter 6 sets forth the rationale for population education and literacy. Chapter 7 describes the process of curriculum integration. Chapter 8 is a case analysis of the population education project. Chapter 9 highlights these conclusions: contingent nature of curriculum development in nonformal education; importance of learner participation; and need for staff development. Appendixes contain a 359-item bibliography and index. (YLB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. *********************************************************************** IN N ON-T OM AL U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS (pike 01 Educational Research and lnroroverneni MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY tiED CATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the oerson or organilation originating it 0 Minor changes have been In a d e to improve reproduction quality TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Points ol view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." official OERI position or policy J.D. Ekundayo Thompson 2 BEST COPy AVAILABLE Curriculum Development in Non-Formal Education J.D. Ekundayo Thompson AFRICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LITERACY AND ADULT EDUCATION 3 First published 1995 by African Association for Literacy and Adult Education (AALAE) P. 0. Box 50768 Nairobi, Kenya. © 1995 AALAE All rights reserved. ISBN 9966-9901-2-7 Printed by Sam Nam & Corrine Graphics Nairobi, Kenya. 4 , all-those who continue to read the worci and the wora -so that they may le a6re to teach CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgements PART 1 NON-FORMAL CURRICULUMTHEORY 1. Non-Formal Education: Origins, Meaning,Purpose and S,..upe 1 7 2.The Non-Formal Education Debate 13 3.The Rationale for Non-FormalEducation , 19 4.Conceptualising 'Curriculum' in Non-FormalEducation PART 11 NON-FORMAL CURRICULUMPRACTICE 35 5.Non-formal Education in Sierra Leone 41 6.Population Education and Literacy: TheRationale 47 7.The Process of Curriculum Integration 53 8.The Case Analysis Education: A Situational 9.Curriculum Development in Non-Formal 69 Imperative 75 Bibliography IW Index PREFACE time when strategies The publication of thisbook is timely. It comes at a discussed on how to makeeducation, at all levels and tactics are being functional and and in all sectors,adeessible, equitable, cost-effective, relevant. of high level internationalmeetings are reminiscent The current discussions at in policies, plans and discussions in the 60s, 70sand 80s which resulted remained on paper. programmes which wereeither partially implemented or independent African statesdid Political and economicproblems of the newly and plans could betranslated into not favour anenvironment in which policies where there was action, inthe form of programmes on theground. In countries and local technocrats pilot projects, such action wasled and directed by foreign of local needs and realities. with questionable understanding by the delusions ofnovelty and innovationthat Lest we are overwhelmed international, characterise current educationaldiscussions, we should recall past together politicians, policy regional and nationalconferences which brought others. makers, 'experts' on educationand practitioners among of Education" in Think of the Addis AbabaConference on the "Development UN agencies to discussthe May, 1961 which broughttogether governments and development of Education inAfrica. in 1975 which Think of the 1965 TeheranConference and its successor adopted the PersepolisDeclaration. Harare 1982 Harare Conferencewhich adopted, the Think of the thirty-five years, on Declamtion.Think of all theUNESCO Conferences, over education. 80s, the 90s have witnessedWorld Conferences and Like the 60s, 70s and population, poverty, and Summits on basic education,the environment, children, participation.Education - regional conferences ongirls, women and popular featured in the discussions, relevant, accessible, equitableand cost-effective - resolutions, and framework foraction. VII m Think of the mountains of publicationsand research reports on education in Africa. As the talking and writinggo on, the problems of education and underdevelopment continue to defy solution.As the rich become richer, the poor continue to wallow in abject poverty. As Africanscontinue to slaughter themselves, arms manufacturers are in businessas usual. The real problem is that there are too many agenda and interestswhich are not in the interest of all- not even basic education for all! viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book is the culmination of a series of curriculum development-related activities in non-formal education in which I participated for a decade (1976-1986).It brings together the results of investigations into the modalities of curriculum development in non-formal education. The activities and investigations began when in 1976 I was electedassistant national secretary of the People's Educational Association of SierraLeone, and became engrossed in the planning and implementation of adult andnon-formal education programmes.During that period I . participated in a number of workshops, seminars, conferences, and study tours in Africa, Asia,Europe, and Canada, all of which had direct relevance to curriculum development inthe non- formal sector. In 1980 I was nominated to participate in a UnescoStudy Tour of three Asian countries - Thailand, Malaysia, and Bangladesh. In Bangkok,I attended a three-week Group Training Course in Population Educationand visited several out-of-school curriculum development projects.In 1983 I participated in a Unesco course on 'Methodology on the Education Associated with the problems of the Use and Abuse of Drugs', in Ernbu, Kenya,and attended a Commonwealth Meeting on 'Alternative Forms of Post-Primary Education in Africa; held in Mutare, Zimbabwe in 1986. Other meetingsof relevance to non-formal curriculum development which I attended includethe Paris Conference of the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE)which was followed by the DVV/PAS Seminar inFrankfurt.While the Paris Conference deliberated on the role of adult education in authentic development, the DVV/PAS Seminar considered the relationship between educationand work. Apart from meeting curriculum (programme) developers andother field workers in adult and non-formal education, these meetings provided an opportunity of having hands-on experience in curriculum development. I should like to thank all those with whom I worked and who, in various ways, helped to facilitate the process of investigating the non-formal dimension of curriculum development. ix Special thanks are due to the following: Dr. G.T. Squires of the School of Adult and Continuing Education of the University of Hull, for facilitating our encounter on the subject; Colleagues at the Institute of Adult Education, Fourah Bay College, German Adult Education Association (DVV), and the African Association for Literacy and Adult Education (AALAE). Special mention goes to Dr. Heribert Hinzen and Paul Wangoola for their professional inputs through dialogue and debate. Thank you all! J.D. Ekundnyo Thompson 1995 PART I NON-FORMAL CURRICULUM THEORY NON-FORMAL EDUCATION: ORIGINS, MEANING, PURPOSE AND SCOPE Non-formal education was conceived as an alternativeeducational and development strategy as a consequence of the myriadproblems which have either resulted from the dysfunction of the educational systemor been created by it; problems of high rates of wastage, irrelevantcurricula and structure, increase in illiteracy rates (partly due to thehigh rates of population growth), lack of resources, inefficient use and mismanagementof resources. Coombs' (1968) examination and analysis of the educationalcrisis facing the world necessitated the demand for educational innovationsincluding
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