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Direct linkRiemer, Frances J. – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2008
This article draws on ethnographic research to examine relationships between literacy and identity for newly literate men and women in the southern African country of Botswana. Situating beliefs about literacy in the intersection of evangelical missionary discourse, colonial-era labor practices, and modernity rhetoric, I argue that literacy is…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy
Download full textKing, Kathleen P., Ed.; Ferro, Trenton R., Ed. – 2000
Focusing on interactions between theory and practice in adult education, this proceedings of refereed papers (45), symposia (3) and roundtable summaries (21) include the following: "Adult Literacy Classroom as a Social System" (Beder); "Documenting Outcomes for Learners and Their Communities" (Bingman, Mincey); "Essence of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Computers, Action Research, Adult Education
Youngman, Frank – 2000
This book, which is based on a broad concept of adult education that embraces all forms of organized learning undertaken by adults, draws on empirical information and case studies to provide a theory of applied political economy to explain the interface between society and adult education in developing countries. The following are among the topics…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Capitalism
