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Title:The impact of non-formal education on skills and knowledge of community development workers: a case study
Author:Kotzé, Derica Alba
Year:2012
Periodical:Africa Development: A Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA (ISSN 0850-3907)
Volume:37
Issue:2
Pages:1-14
Language:English
Geographic terms:Malawi
South Africa
Subjects:nonformal education
community development
students
vocational education
attitudes
External links:https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ad/article/view/87521
https://www.jstor.org/stable/afrdevafrdev.37.2.1
Abstract:The ultimate route to address the needs of the poor is through a community development process with projects as the main vehicle. The main role player to facilitate this process is the community development worker. This article focuses firstly on the role and importance of non-formal education in community development and, secondly, on the impact of non-formal education and training on the knowledge and skills of community development workers responsible for the facilitation of projects. The article is based on an evaluation of a nonformal education programme that was developed at the University of South Africa to enhance the knowledge and skills of community development workers involved in the planning and execution of community-based development projects in Malawi for World Vision, an international NGO. For the purpose of this research, two methods were used to collect data. The first method involved a questionnaire consisting of a combination of 15 closed- and open-ended questions. The second method involved an evaluation form designed by the 75 World Vision employees enrolled for the programme. The purpose of this evaluation form was to give students an opportunity to decide for themselves which aspects of the non-formal learning experience and teaching process are important to them as CDWs and need to be assessed. The article concludes that the programme is successful in training CDWs with relevant knowledge and the necessary skills to perform development activities. Bibliogr., note, sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract, edited]
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