Good Practices in Pursuit of Sustainable Rural Transformation
Responding to the world’s instability in the economy, society, and in theenvironment, initiatives such as the EFA goals and MDGs acknowledge that thedeveloping world is in crisis. For the rural people, who are the majority of the poorworldwide, economic, social, and environmental instability is a...
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| description | Responding to the world’s instability in the economy, society, and in theenvironment, initiatives such as the EFA goals and MDGs acknowledge that thedeveloping world is in crisis. For the rural people, who are the majority of the poorworldwide, economic, social, and environmental instability is a daily reality. Ruralpeople are among the most vulnerable, the most marginalized, and the mostoppressed groups and they make up the majority of the poor in most countries.With education as a catalyst for transformation, providing the rural people with theknowledge, skills, and tools they need to improve their lives, and taking intoaccount the context and reality of rural people, sustainability has to be a part of thistransformation process. Sustainable rural transformation as a holistic perspectivetakes into account rural needs, the context, and the process of transformation. Thispaper identifies the challenges that rural populations are facing, and argues how theconcept and practice of education for rural transformation should work towards asustainable development, envisioning a ‘sustainable rural transformation’. Thispaper illustrates and examines the concept of sustainable rural transformation andwhy education and good practices are important to promote an equitable sustainablerural transformation and human well-being. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38b22e53a474455da11f6ece2298af442022-12-21T22:49:34ZengKathmandu UniversityJournal of Education and Research2091-01182091-25602014-09-014272310.9771/111111Good Practices in Pursuit of Sustainable Rural TransformationSarit Grinberg Rabinowicz0Vinayagum Chinapah1Institute of International Education, Stockholm UniversityInstitute of International Education, Stockholm UniversityResponding to the world’s instability in the economy, society, and in theenvironment, initiatives such as the EFA goals and MDGs acknowledge that thedeveloping world is in crisis. For the rural people, who are the majority of the poorworldwide, economic, social, and environmental instability is a daily reality. Ruralpeople are among the most vulnerable, the most marginalized, and the mostoppressed groups and they make up the majority of the poor in most countries.With education as a catalyst for transformation, providing the rural people with theknowledge, skills, and tools they need to improve their lives, and taking intoaccount the context and reality of rural people, sustainability has to be a part of thistransformation process. Sustainable rural transformation as a holistic perspectivetakes into account rural needs, the context, and the process of transformation. Thispaper identifies the challenges that rural populations are facing, and argues how theconcept and practice of education for rural transformation should work towards asustainable development, envisioning a ‘sustainable rural transformation’. Thispaper illustrates and examines the concept of sustainable rural transformation andwhy education and good practices are important to promote an equitable sustainablerural transformation and human well-being.http://kusoed.edu.np/journal/index.php/je/article/view/111Good practicesrural transformationsustainable development |
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