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Lifelong learning in a learning society: are community learning centres the vehicle?
(© 2014 Brill, 2014)
This chapter provides a historical perspective on the evolving concepts of lifelong learning and the learning society and makes the case for the community learning centre as a potential institutional vehicle for the promotion ...
Erotic desires and practices in cyberspace: "virtual reality" of the non-heterosexual middle class in Bangladesh
(© 2014 Asian Institute of Technology, 2014)
Sexually diverse and marginalized groups are constantly challenged to create spaces for realizing their sexual fantasies, desires and politics within the all-pervasiveness of heterosexual spaces. Technology has brought ...
Relating development to quality of education: a study on the world bank's neoliberal policy discourse in education
(© 2014 Korean Educational Development Institute, 2014)
This article examines the way the World Bank policy discourse in education relates development to quality of education and the underlying agenda. It argues that development and education have been defined deficiently, ...
Teachers' perceptions about child-friendly and interactive teaching-learning in early primary grades of Government Primary Schools (GPS)
(BRAC Univeristy, 2014-04-30)
The teacher's role is the key to achieve results in child-friendly schools and learning
spaces. Therefore, the required training and support to prepare teachers for this
important role must be a priority (LINICEF, 2009, ...
Squaring the circle: EFA in the post-2015 global agenda
(© 2014 Elsevier Ltd., 2014-11)
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Education for All (EFA) initiative have influenced educational development in poor countries both positively and negatively. From the perspective of Bangladesh, international ...
Exploring disinclination among children in grades 1 and 2 to attend school and relatbd factors
(BRAC Univeristy, 2014-04-30)
Academic achievement in a child's life begins formally within school settings. We
expect that children would enjoy school and enthusiastically attend school regularly.
Several studies have emphasized the importance of ...
Exploring the practice of leisure time physical activity among 6-8 year old urban children
(BRAC Univeristy, 2014-04-30)
Children's regular participation in physical activity has multiple benefits to children's
physical and mental health. Not only this, physical activity is identified as one of the
basic preventive measures for non-communicable ...
Young street children in Dhaka: perceptions and experiences of 6-8 year old children about life as street children in Dhaka city
(BRAC Univeristy, 2014-04-30)
Children living in the street are an increasing phenomenon in developing countries.
As in other developing countries, there has been a rise in street children population in
the urban areas of Bangladesh. Street children ...
Exploring the readiness of teachers for language and communication development in preschool
(BRAC Univeristy, 2014-04-30)
Teachers are the most influential persons for a child for whom teachers create the
social context of learning. Teachers' contribution is part and parcel of children's life.
Teachers provide the scaffolding for social ...
Corporal punishment in urban primary school settings
(BRAC Univeristy, 2014-04-30)
Corporal punishment is a common phenomenon in Bangladeshi schools. On 13 January, 2011
The High Court division of The Supreme Court issued a ruling on prohibiting of corporal
punishment. Subsequently, The Ministry of ...