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Cavalcanti, Marilda C. – Language and Education, 2004
School education among Rainforest native Brazilians is alien to their traditional indigenous education. At first, schooling was imposed by the dominant society, later it became their choice, today it is their right as entitled by the 1988 Brazilian Constitution. "En route" towards self-determination, some of these native peoples, i.e.…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Ethnocentrism, Literacy Education, Self Actualization
Fiske, Edward B. – 1997
Although the forces that are globalizing the economy, democratizing political life, and ushering in a knowledge society promise to improve humanity, they are also exacerbating the marginalization of individuals and the polarization of entire nations. Many individuals in developing nations are at risk of systematic exclusion from meaningful…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies

Stultz, 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