Adult and Non Formal Education (Pb)

Adult and Non formal Education? is very interesting as well as informative book. The editor has put in all the hues, shades and color of Life Long education. This book describes, explains, evaluates and even theorizes, wherever necessary the important issues of Adult Education and Nonformal Education. The new and innovative teaching methods which were used over the years for action projects and community outreach programmes are discussed in detail. Combination of teaching strategies, charts, posters, flash cards, mobiles, dramas, bhavai, role plays, street plays, puppets, focus group discussions can be used for imparting Education to the people of deprived section of community living under adverse conditions. The book is based upon belief that the education has a larger canvas than literacy and the action itself can and should be used as a medium of education. The important issues like Capacity building of rural women through self help groups , Vocational education, Functional Literacy, Health education, The development goals, Environmental education, Gender mainstreaming and Empowerment of women, Training the disabled and Leadership training are covered in the book. The entire book shows how these content areas can be addressed through action programs. This book will be useful to development workers, people working in GO’s and NGO’s, graduates and postgraduates students of home science and women’s polytechnics in universities and institutes of higher education. It will also serve the needs of activists, academicians, practioners, policymakers and planners engaged in development management as they will also find this book stimulating and useful.