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Critical Perspectives on Women's Literacy Education in Latin America. Essay Review.
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Prins, Esther – Adult Education Quarterly, 2001
Reviews works on women's literacy education in Latin America by Fink (1992), Purcell-Gates and Waterman (2000), Stromquist (1995, 1997), and van der Westen (1994). Discusses the Latin American context, critical feminist approach to literacy, implementation of Freirean pedagogy, outcomes and benefits, and gaps in the literature. (Contains 17…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Feminism, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education
Adult Education and Social Transformation: On Gramsci, Freire, and the Challenge of Comparing Comparisons. Essay Review.
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Schugurensky, Daniel – Comparative Education Review, 2000
Reviews three books that critique and compare the ideas of Gramsci and Freire: "Revolutionary Social Transformation: Democratic Hopes, Political Possibilities and Critical Education" (Paula Allman); "Radical Heroes: Gramsci, Freire and the Politics of Adult Education" (Diana Coben); and "Gramsci, Freire and Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Book Reviews, Comparative Analysis, Educational Principles
Understanding Education in Latin America: The Challenge of Complexity. Review of "Molding the Hearts and Minds: Education, Communications, and Social Change in Latin America," edited by John A. Britton.
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Verhine, Robert E. – Comparative Education Review, 1995
Reviews a 15-article anthology that examines the history of education in Latin America, emphasizing the relationships between education and social change while viewing education very broadly as a method for dispersing messages and as part of "expanding systems of communication." Four main sections cover the colonial legacy and 19th…
Descriptors: Diffusion (Communication), Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education