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A critical review of the declining role of agriculture for economic diversity: implications for adult education as a change agent
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org, 2009-11)
This paper provides a critique of globalization with a special focus on the declining role of subsistence agriculture as the backbone of peasant economy in colonial Botswana and the changes that have occurred since ...
The perceived effects of field-based learning in building responsive partnerships for community development
(Oxford Journals. http://cdj.oxfordjournals.org, 2005)
This paper argues for the use of field-based learning activities in the training of community-based extension workers (CBEWs). CBEWs are in a challenging position. They are expected to provide services to local communities ...
Beyond the rhetoric of empowerment: speak the language, live the experience of the rural poor
(Springer Netherlands. http://www.springerlink.com, 2006-05)
Growth in rural communities, along with attendant changes in social, economic and environmental conditions, challenges members of these communities to take even more responsibility for their lives than in the past. While ...
The dominant tradition in adult literacy – a comparative study of national literacy programmes in Botswana and Zimbabwe
(Springer, http://www.springeronline.com, 2001-11)
The article highlights the renewed significance of adult literacy for international and national educational policy as a result of the World Educational Forum in 2000, at which a new vision of literacy was advocated. The ...
Why HIV/AIDS prevention strategies fail in Botswana: considering discourses of sexuality
(Routledge. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0376835x.asp, 2005-09)
A phenomenological study that was carried out among five ethnic groups of Botswana revealed the
importance of taking into account culturally situated sexual realities when prevention policies for
HIV/AIDS are considered ...
Intergenerational practices and possibilities related to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Botswana and Nigeria
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.informaworld.com, 2003-03)
The future of Botswana and Nigeria hangs precariously on the balance of life and death. In recent years, the latter seems to be winning as both countries face the devastation of their middle generation due to the HIV/AIDS ...