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Adult Literacy: A handbook for development workers
Paul Fordham, Deryn Holland and Juliety Millican
Adult Literacy is written for agency staff with no formal training in adult education who have to respond - as planners, trainers, or teachers - to requests for literacy skills. Using examples from many countries, the authors give practical guidance, in clear language, for all stages of literacy action from planning to assessment.
ISBN 0855983159, (Oxfam), 1995, 170pp, £8.95,

Appropriate Media for Training and Development
Jonathan Zeitlyn
This is a handbook designed to help teachers, health workers and development workers improve their communication skills by the use of media such as puppetry or television. Includes sections on planning, designing and organizing training materials.
ISBN 9070857278, (TOOL), 1992, 226pp, £15.95,

Basics of Documentation
Seema Munjal, Anjala Kapoor, Kamini Malhotra and Chandra Kannipiran
Clearly written practical guide for workers at grassroots level on setting up and maintaining an information centre.
ISBN , (VHAI), 1988, 66pp, £7.50,

The Copy Book: Copyright free illustrations for development
Selected and Introduced by Bob Linney and Bruce Wilson
Over 100 pages of drawings drawn and donated by the British Association of Illustrators. Covers food, water, health, shelter and work. For use by and of help to fieldworkers active in communication and education work, and to encourage local artists.
ISBN 0946688443, (ITP), 1988, 102pp, £12.95,

Creating Art, Creating Income: A women's textile workshop in Bangladesh
Mike Martin and Val Rea
Designed for use at Secondary School level within the UK National Curriculum, this resource pack looks at dyeing and printing processes as well as a small business in Bangladesh. Includes teacher's notes, slide sets, case study and country information.
ISBN 1853392138, (ITP), 1994, , £22.50,

Educating for Real: The training of professionals for development practice
Nabeel Hamdi
Emerging trends in development practice place new demands on planning, engineering and building design. Changes in global political and economic systems, rapid demographic changes, protracted ethnic conflict, political and economic reforms all compound already strained national development agendas. Added to these complex issues are the current commitments to the environment, gender, appropriate technology and human well-being. How should education respond? Are today's approaches to research and teaching appropriate to the realities in the field? How best can students be equipped, technically, methodologically, and intellectually? Why study in the 'developed' countries at all? This interdisciplinary selection of 12 essays explores topics central to the education of development professionals; in particular planners, urban designers, engineers, and architects.
ISBN 1853393339, (ITP), 1996, 272pp, £12.95,

From Workplace to Workspace: Using e-mail lists to work together
James & Rykert
This guide provides practical and useful advice on how to set up an email list, how to launch it, and how to keep it active and vibrant. If you use email in your daily business, are taking part in an email list, or are thinking about setting up or joining such a list, this guide is for you, expanding your traditional workplace into a busy, boundless and more productive "workspace".
ISBN 0889368481, (IDRC), 1998, 58pp+viii, £7.00,

A Handbook For Teaching Sports
Anne Simpkin
A Handbook for Teaching Sports is an essential guide for teahcers, youth workers and community workers throughout the world who teach games and sport to children and young people. This practical book is especially useful for those with no background in physical education who work with large groups and with limited equipment. It is full of practical advice, including how to make equipment from locally available materials, and clear diagrams make the teaching points easy to understand. The handbook contains the skills, practices and rules for thirteen popular sports including football, volleyball, rounders and athletics. Published by VSO in association with Heinemann.
ISBN 043592320X, (VSO Publications), 1998, 162pp, £8.00,

How to Make and Use Visual Aids
Nicola Harford and Nicola Baird
How to Make and Use Visual Aids offers practical, low-cost suggestions for visual aids, and shows how they can be used in your daily work, to ensure effective communication.
ISBN 043592317X, (Heinemann), 1997, 128pp, £6.00,

Information Management for Development Organisations
Mike Powell

ISBN 0855984104, (Oxfam), 1999, , £8.95,

Intermediate Technology Introductory Slide Set
ITDG
32 colour slides illustrating Intermediate Technology's contribution to meeting the basic needs for food, shelter, water, clothing and jobs. With notes and an introduction to the issues of development and aid.
ISBN 185339355X, (ITP), 1996, , £14.95,

The Internet: The Rough Guide 1999
Angus J. Kennedy
This book provides an in-depth guide to the Internet, covering a variety of topics such as setting up your own Website, acquiring software to sending email and surfing the World Wide Web. Its strength is that it describes the essential Internet processes, vocabulary and pitfalls in simple English, making this medium accessible to all, regardless of technical level or expertise. Divided into four parts, the book covers: * Part One: Basics - frequently asked questions, getting connected, online services and major ISPs, email, mailing lists, file transfer (FTP), usenet newsgroups, surfing the world wide web, finding it, creating your own web page, internet relay chat, online gaming; * Part Two: The Guide - world wide web sites, usenet groups, software roundup; * Part Three: Contexts - history of the Net, Net language, glossary and further reading; * Part Four: ISP Directory - Internet Service Providers, Index. The book emphasises that the only way to learn about the Net is to 'jump in' and therefore each section has numerous examples designed to encourage people to investigate the Net. Technical terms highlighted in bold are explained at the beginning of the book. This has been written by Americans for an American dominated medium, but is worldwide in its coverage and content. The Internet: The Rough Guide 1999 is aimed at people who know how to use word processors already and have a basic grasp of computers. It does not claim to be the complete guide to the Internet but a useful informative guide that will show you how to successfully use the Net to find out more. This is a useful introductory guide with an excellent glossary, index and lists of websites around the world.
ISBN 1858283434, (Rough Guides), 1997, 455pp, £5.99,

Introductory Technology: A resource book for teachers
Adrian Owens
A practical classroom and workshop guide for teachers of technology, craft and design subjects in schools. It is based on the comprehensive Nigerian introductory technology curriculum, and encourages an integrated, active learning approach. Published in the VSO ECOE Programme series.
ISBN 185339064X, (ITP), 1990, 142pp, £10.95,

Low Cost Printing for Development: A printing handbook for Third World development and education
Jonathan Zeitlyn
For development and education workers, guidance on do-it-yourself printing methods which are simple and can be used with home-made equipment. Suggests when it is easier to go to a commercial printer and includes advice on setting up a print shop.
ISBN 1853390658, (ITP), 1988, 120pp, £9.95,

Making Technology Work
Intermediate Technology
Offers a simple introduction to the philosophy and development of intermediate - or appropriate - technology, arguing that appropriate technology is a global concern. Using case studies, this booklet will be of particular interest to teachers.
ISBN 185339176X, (ITP), 1992, 16pp, £2.50,

The Maths Teachers' Handbook
Jane Portman and Jeremy Richardson
This practical and easy to use handbook is designed to equip maths teahcers around the world with the skills to teach their subject effectively, whether they are new to the subject or have taught it for many years. The handbook: explains the different teaching methods which can be used in the classroom; suggests teaching aids which are cheap and easily attainable; gives guidance on how to teach maths in English when this is not the first language of the students and explains how maths can be related to the culture and community life of the students. The handbook covers most common syllabus topics.
ISBN 0435923188, (Heinemann), 1997, 110pp, £5.40,

Participatory Video: A practical approach to using video creatively in group development work
Jackie Shaw and Clive Robertson
A comprehensive guide to using video in group development work. Used in a participatory way, video can be a powerful tool, which allows clients to examine the world around them, gain awareness of their situation and become more actively involved in decisions which affect their lives.
ISBN 0415141052, (Routledge), 1997, 288+xi pp, £16.99,

Pictures, People and Power: People-centred visual aids for development
Bob Linney
This book describes the problems and potential of making and using pictures for those who are 'learning by doing'. It shows how appropriate images can be designed by participants to speak of their experience, explain problems, and produce practical solutions. It examines approaches to communication; rethinking visual literacy; designing, drawing and painting; making and using people-centred pictures; training workshops; and evaluating the effectiveness of visual aids.
ISBN 0333600444, (Macmillan), 1995, 195 pp, £8.75,

REFLECT Mother Manual: Regenerated Freirean literacy through empowering community techniques
David Archer and Sara Cottingham
REFLECT is a new approach to adult literacy which fuses the theory of Paulo Freire, the renowed Brazilian educator, and the practice of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). Started in October 1993 by ActionAid, the results have shown that it is an effective tool, linking literacy to wider development. The core of this well presented and user friendly manual is a set of sample units, which are adaptable to local conditions.
ISBN 187250244X, (Actionaid Education), 1996, 278pp, £13.50,

Rural Blacksmith, Rural Businessman: Making and selling metal goods in Malawi
Val Rea and Mike Martin
This resource pack in Intermediate Technology's Global Contexts for the National Curriculum series shows how life really is for the rural blacksmith. Includes notes and two slide sets to actively involve students in discussion on design and technology from other cultures. Designed for use in UK secondary schools.
ISBN 1853390941, (ITP), 1991, , £22.50,

Rural Community Resource Centres: A guide for developing countries
Shirley Giggey
A training guide which provides advice and information on all aspects of how to operate rural learning resource centres - from how to set one up through daily running to staffing, fund-raising and the effective use of resources.
ISBN 0333474597, (Macmillan), 1988, 117+x pp, £6.99,

The Science Teachers' Handbook: Ideas and activities for every classroom
Andy Byers, Ann Childs and Chris Lane
Provides many exciting and practical ideas developed by teachers around the world to help demonstrate science to their pupils. Designed for teachers of both junior and secondary level science and covers biology, chemistry and physics (Published in the VSO ECOE Programme series).
ISBN 0435923021, (Heinemann), 1994, 128pp, £5.50,

Setting Up and Running a School Library
Nicola Baird
A lively and practical guide to running a school library. Ideal for both teachers and others who are not trained librarians, the book places special emphasis on setting up a library with limited resources (Published in the VSO ECOE Programme series).
ISBN 0435923048, (Heinemann), 1994, 140pp, £5.50,

Skills For Life: Experience of training in three developing countries
Dennis Frost
Examines the question of how developing countries can mobilize and absorb the energies and industry of future generations by providing them with opportunities for productive work, and examines the appropriateness of vocational training schemes. Includes case studies from Nigeria, Trinidad and Malawi.
ISBN 185339081X, (ITP), 1991, 192pp, £12.95,

The Sten Screen: Making and using a low-cost printing process
Ian McLaren
The combination of stencil duplicating with screen process printing enables one to build a press very cheaply, using no sophisticated components for either construction or implementation. The sten screen will print a wide variety of formats and on many materials.
ISBN 1853390488, (ITP), 1983, 20pp, £4.95,

Stove Maker, Stove User: Fuel-efficient stoves in Sri Lanka
Val Rea and Mike Martin
Designed for use within the UK National Curriculum, this resource pack looks at the lack of adequate energy supplies for rural people in Sri Lanka through a case study that examines the requirements of a family of potters. Includes teachers' notes and slide sets.
ISBN 1853390992, (ITP), 1991, , £22.50,

Time to Listen: The human aspect in development
Laurence Taylor and Peter Jenkins
55 short case studies presenting situations that face rural and urban communities in developing countries. The reader is invited to consider possible solutions, but no definitive answers are presented. For fieldworker training programmes.
ISBN 1853390046, (ITP), 1989, 80pp, £9.95,

Training for Self-employment through Vocational Training Institutions
J. Grierson and I. McKenzie
This book is designed to help formal and informal sector trainers provide the prospective self-employed with both useful skills and business acuemen, and to help vocational training managers and administrators address the challenges of reorienting their institutions to self-employment. The book has four parts: Part I offers an overview of enterprise development issues; Part II looks at self-employment issues and options; Part III offers a collection of case studies from Africa, India and Latin America and Part IV offers a synthesis of experiences to date and a systematic way forward. Joint ILO/SKAT Publication
ISBN 9290493330, (SKAT), 1998, 156pp, £11.00,

Vocational Training in the Community: The design, implementation and quality control of integrated training
Reinhard Skinner
Vocational training is essential to equip rural and urban people with the skills to find employment, and this study of an integrated training project in El Salvador offers field-tested approaches and procedures which can be applied to vocational training schemes. The project described in this book was part of El Salvador's National Programme for Technical and Vocational Training, which aimed to restructure the vocational training system at the same time as increasing employment. Many of the methods described here were developed in the course of the programme. The programme includeda business component, and covered both health and safety and gender issues, as well as practical training. Many of the forms used by the project are reproduced for guidance in the appendix. The book also covers contracts, business-training reports, and supervision surveys. Vocational Training in the Community will be a useful source of ideas and inspiration for trainers and those setting up training programmes.
ISBN 1853394246, (ITP), 1998, 96pp, £9.95,

Where There is No Artist: Development drawings and how to use them
Petra Rohr-Rouendaal
'A picture paints a thousand words,' as the saying goes, and visual aids can provide information, provoke discussion and discovery, and make difficult ideas easy to understand. They can also improve the accessibility of a book or a poster simply by making it look more interesting. The book contains more than 400 drawings relating to a wide range of educational and health issues, along with advice on copying, enlarging and otherwise changing the illustrations without using special equipment to make them appropriate to a particular situation. There is also advice on pre-testing materials, to make sure their message will be understood by the intended audience. This book is for fieldworkers, teachers, and others who wish to produce appropriate illustrations in the community for educational purposes.
ISBN 1853393916, (ITP), 1997, 128pp, £14.95,

Where There is No Job: Vocational training for self-employment in developing countries
John Grierson
The purpose of this book is twofold: to show how a few programmes have used traditional training practices to create self-employment, and to provide some practical guidance for the many other programmes that will follow in their footsteps.
ISBN 3908001706, (SKAT), 1997, 79pp, £11.50,