|
Partners for Prosperity Resources
Education and Training : General
| FUNDAEC, Foundation for the Application and Teaching of Sciences (Colombia) |
FUNDAEC, the acronym in Spanish for “The Foundation for the Application and Teaching of the Sciences”, is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization that has dedicated over 30 years to fostering processes of learning, training, and development in the rural areas of Colombia and an increasing number of countries in Latin America.
It is best known by its two main programs—the Tutorial Learning System (better known by its Spanish acronym, SAT), an innovative secondary level educational system used by over 25,000 students throughout the Americas, and the University Center for Rural Well-Being (CUBR).
The “Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial”, SAT, is a formal—but flexible—educational program that arose from FUNDAEC’s efforts initiated in 1974, aimed at contributing to the progress of rural communities. The System has developed a methodology which makes it possible for any individual—youth or adult—from the most remote rural region to have access to a secondary-level education par excellence.
The curricular content is organized in 70 texts which, instead of the common practice of covering specific subject matter, are aimed at the development of five fundamental capabilities: mathematical, scientific, language and communication, technological, and those of service to the community.
SAT is made up of three levels, each of two years duration: Promoter, Practitioner, and “Bachiller” in Rural Well-Being. Each level is comprehensive in the sense that the graduates are able to carry out activities of varying degrees of complexity in their own communities.
Apartado Aereo 26540
Cali
Phone: +57 (2) 331-6001
Fax: +57 (2) 330-0938
Established in 1974
Email: info@fundaec.org
more
|
| Nur University (Bolivia) |
Nur University is a private institution based in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It is well known for its SED educational and training throughout Latin America. Associated with FUNDAEC and Universidad Bolivariana in Chile. The University contributes to an educational process that facilitates individual and social transformation through the development of human capabilities, fostering a dynamic coherence between the intellectual, spiritual and physical dimensions, for the establishment of a just, peaceful, and harmonious global society. Nur currently has 3,200 undergraduates, 500 graduates, and in excess of 1000 continuing education students, with teacher-training apparatus in 8 countries in Central and South America. Of that number 46% of the students receive financial assistance from the University through scholarships, discounts based on economic need, or work-study positions.
It has undergraduate, baccalaureate and graduate diploma programs.
more
|
| SAT (Colombia) |
SAT (Spanish for 'System of Tutorial Learning') is a rural non-formal-education and development project located in Colombia, Latin America, that aims to provide young people with the skills, knowledge and attitudes that will enable them to become community leaders. The project is being managed by the Bah?'? Agency for Social and Economic Development of the United Kingdom (BASED-UK), and implemented by the Bay?n Association for Indigenous Social and Economic Development in Honduras. The SAT programme has been tremendously successful in other Latin American countries, where it has been practised for almost thirty years, and shows great potential in Honduras. The basic aim of SAT is to provide young rural people with the skills, knowledge and attitudes or values (honesty, trustworthiness, etc.) necessary to live and work in rural areas, and become effective community leaders. SAT is a non-formal secondary school education programme for rural life. The courses cover maths, sciences, service to the community, (in the areas of health, literacy and community organisation), agriculture/farming methods, 'descriptions' and 'readings about society''.
more
|
| Soltanieh Educational Center (Brazil) |
This educational center located near S?o Paulo, Brazil, was founded in April 1984 and ever since has been gathering experience in developing and offering courses for the public and private sectors in Brazil. They have developed a complete course entitled 'Human Plentitude' that has been taught to hundreds of participants. As stated in their own words, the school's ultimate goal is to educate and influence thousands of people, especially educators in the context of 'applied spirituality'.
more
|
| Virtues Project, The (Canada) |
The Virtues Project, based in Saltspring, British Columbia, Canada, is an initiative that began in 1991 to empower individuals and families to live by their highest values. It was inspired by the desire to do something to counteract the rising violence in and around families. Education is the key to transformation, but it must involve education that touches the human spirit. The Virtues Project is an approach which calls people to remembrance of the virtues, the qualities of character and the simple elements of spirituality honoured by all cultures and sacred traditions. It has been applied in a wide variety of ways which include: federally funded community development and healing projects in First Nations communities in Canada, programs with urban street children in Los Angeles, to restructure the curriculum and culture of schools, to enhance unity in , and as a tool in day-care centres, palliative care programs, personal development, and in parent education programs throughout the world.
more
|
|
