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  1. Department of Education at the University of Queensland, (Australia)

    Roselyn R. Gillespie (senior lecturer) & Colin B. Collins

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she has also taught at various universities in Australia. Her research work and publications address the issues of education in developing countries with special focus on Papua New Guinea and China where she spent some time during the Cultural Revolution.

Colin B. Collins.Originally from South Africa where, before quitting the country, he participated actively in the Black Consciousness Movement. He is at present a senior lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of Queensland and author of several publications on the education of Blacks in South Africa.

A more up-to-data resource is the journal which specifically espousesEducation with Production. Published in Botswana since 1983, it is gradually unfolding new attempts to initiate projects that bring school and production together.

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Gillespie, R.R., Collins, C.B. Productive labour in schools: An international evaluation. Prospects 17, 10–26 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02195155

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