A View of Developmental Education and the "Disadvantaged" in a National Perspective: Implications for International Education.

Wilson, Thomasyne Lightfoote

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A View of Developmental Education and the "Disadvantaged" in a National Perspective: Implications for International Education

Wilson, Thomasyne Lightfoote

Journal of Negro Education, 51, 3, 276-290, Sum 72

After defining developmental education as referring to processes that expand the physical, emotional, educational, artistic, scientific, and political spheres of diverse ethnic and cultural communities within a nation, the author discusses the case of the Loma people of Liberia. (JM)

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, African Culture, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Development, Educational Needs, Occupational Aspiration, Rural Education, Rural Population

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Identifiers - Location: Liberia

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