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Download full textWhitney, Jennifer D. – Online Submission, 2007
The idea of what constitutes literacy in the classroom is mostly determined by middle-class school officials and state and federal administrators. The discourse of minority populations is marginalized and not readily recognized or incorporated into mainstream instruction. This impacts not only the ability of these students to be accountable…
Descriptors: Literacy, Classroom Environment, Minority Groups, Equal Education
Yousif, Abdelwahid Abdalla – 1990
The United Nations' Regional Programme for the Universalization and Renewal of Primary Education and the Eradication of Adult Illiteracy in the Arab States by the Year 2000 (ARABUPEAL) began in 1987. Among the educational problems confronting Arab States are that their educational objectives do not specifically relate to development objectives,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Developing Nations, Equal Education
Napitupulu, Washington P. – 1990
The national language of Indonesia is Bahasa Indonesia, although there are hundreds of languages and dialects spoken by different ethnic groups. In 1977, more than 26 million Indonesians were illiterate in their national language. Present efforts to eradicate illiteracy include construction of 10,000-15,000 primary schools annually since 1973 and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Continuing Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedOgbu, John U. – Theory into Practice, 1992
Examines community forces underlying the educational problems of African Americans and other voluntary and involuntary minorities. Community forces differentiate minority groups facing similar barriers in society and in schools. Options created by community forces allow choices of action that result in individual differences in schooling outcome.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Yianwei, Wang; Jiyuan, Li – 1990
Literacy in China is mainly concerned with illiteracy in rural areas. Therefore, reforming literacy education is largely a problem of how to eliminate rural literacy within the general framework of reform in contemporary China. From 1949 to 1988, the illiteracy rate among the population decreased from 80 percent to 20 percent. There are still…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Peer reviewedFoster, Michele – Theory into Practice, 1992
Shared cultural backgrounds and norms about how to use language can influence classroom interactions for minorities, including African Americans. Research finds serious problems when teachers' interactional styles differ from that of students' home communities. The differences can prevent full student participation and limit academic progress.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Access to Education, Black Dialects
