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Direct linkHaddad, Sergio – Convergence, 2007
As a comment on the paper "Adult Literacy" presented by Cecilia Soriano during the ICAE Virtual Seminar in Preparation for CONFINTEA VI, that took place from April 21st to May 09th, this paper recaptures the debate of the programmes to teach literacy to adults with characteristics of campaign; it talks about a new type of exclusion that…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Latin Americans, Adult Literacy, Programs
Bartlett, Lesley – Language and Education, 2005
This paper aims to contribute a sociocultural theoretical perspective for the creative identity work involved in the ongoing process of learning and using literacies. Drawing on anthropological theories of identity formation, I argue that people employ cultural resources, such as cultural artefacts, to develop new identities and literacies. I…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Identification, Cultural Influences
Taylor, Sean – RaPAL Bulletin, 1997
An interview with Paulo Freire describes his radical educational policy developed in Brazil in the early 1960s. He introduced curriculum reform, new models of school management, and a movement for participatory literacy training. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational Philosophy, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFreire, Paulo – Harvard Educational Review, 1998
Reprints of two Harvard Educational Review articles from 1970, "The Adult Literacy Process in Cultural Action for Freedom" and "Cultural Action and Conscientization," highlight the importance of education to human rights. (SK)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Literacy, Civil Rights, Culture
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Four papers on the role of libraries in adult education were presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference meeting of the Section on Adult Education. They include: (1) "The Library of the Pompeia Leisure Centre, Sao Paulo, Brazil," in which Apaty Peroni of Brazil provides background on the community, location, collection, personnel,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Carron, G., Ed.; Bordia, A., Ed. – 1985
The following papers were produced by participants and resource persons on specific issues of planning, management and implementation of literacy and post-literacy strategies: "People's Participation and Mobilization: Characteristics of the Literacy Campaigns in China" (Yanwei); "Strategies for Mobilization and Participation of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement
PDF pending restorationStultz, Erma, Ed. – 1986
This report, written in popular education style and designed to be readable both by adult educators and by the people with whom they work, describes a week-long meeting of the World Assembly of Adult Education. Under the general themes "Where are we?""Where are we going?" and How to do it" the report provides synopses of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
