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Bigelow, William – Social Education, 1987
Describes realities of "gutter education," the term applied to segregated education for blacks under apartheid in South Africa. Exposes efforts to control learning of students, including excessive use of rote learning methods and state-mandated content exams which promote the status quo. Notes lack of black students' cooperation with…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Citizenship Education, Democracy, Developing Nations