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Download full textGraff, Harvey J.; Jones, Stan; Street, Brian V. – 1997
This document contains two extended papers and one shorter commentary that reflect a continuing debate between two schools of thought on literacy that have been called the "autonomous" and the "sociocultural.""The Persisting Power and Costs of the Literacy Myth" (Harvey J. Graff) argues that current discourse on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Philosophy, Ethnography
Democracy & Education, 1999
This special edition honors the life and work of Paulo Freire by recalling the impact he had and continues to have on educators and students. Articles in this issue are: (1) "Editor's Introduction" (Tom Wilson); (2) "Nita's Elegy to Paulo Freire (in Portuguese) 'Privilegio, Pobreza e Poder'" (Ana Maria Araujo "Nita"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Democracy, Developing Nations, Educational Change
