Literacy for citizenship :
Stromquist, Nelly P.
Literacy for citizenship : gender and grassroots dynamics in Brazil / Nelly P. Stromquist. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c1997. - xiii, 248 p. ; 24 cm. - SUNY series, literacy, culture, and learning .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index.
I. Development, Literacy, and Women --
II. MOVA as a State-Civil Society Partnership --
III. Analytical and Methodological Considerations --
IV. Characteristics of Women Students in Literacy Programs --
V. The Classroom Experience in Literacy --
VI. Outcomes from Literacy --
VII. The Civil Society-State Connection --
VIII. MOVA through a Feminist Lens --
IX. Drawing Conclusions. TOC
Summary:
This book explores the involvement of nineteen women in an emancipatory literacy program conducted under the administration of Paulo Freire in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The study presents the classroom experiences of these women and the psychological, cognitive, and behavioral changes they undergo over a three-year period. Their low limited acquisition of literacy and their limited reading and writing practices are
0791431657 (alk. paper) 9780791431658 0791431665 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780791431665
96004548
Literacy programs--Case studies.--Brazil--São Paulo (State)
Women--Education--Social aspects--Case studies.--Brazil--São Paulo (State)
Popular education--Case studies.--Brazil--São Paulo (State)
LC155.B72 / S267 1997
374.012 / STL 1997
Literacy for citizenship : gender and grassroots dynamics in Brazil / Nelly P. Stromquist. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c1997. - xiii, 248 p. ; 24 cm. - SUNY series, literacy, culture, and learning .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index.
I. Development, Literacy, and Women --
II. MOVA as a State-Civil Society Partnership --
III. Analytical and Methodological Considerations --
IV. Characteristics of Women Students in Literacy Programs --
V. The Classroom Experience in Literacy --
VI. Outcomes from Literacy --
VII. The Civil Society-State Connection --
VIII. MOVA through a Feminist Lens --
IX. Drawing Conclusions. TOC
Summary:
This book explores the involvement of nineteen women in an emancipatory literacy program conducted under the administration of Paulo Freire in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The study presents the classroom experiences of these women and the psychological, cognitive, and behavioral changes they undergo over a three-year period. Their low limited acquisition of literacy and their limited reading and writing practices are
0791431657 (alk. paper) 9780791431658 0791431665 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780791431665
96004548
Literacy programs--Case studies.--Brazil--São Paulo (State)
Women--Education--Social aspects--Case studies.--Brazil--São Paulo (State)
Popular education--Case studies.--Brazil--São Paulo (State)
LC155.B72 / S267 1997
374.012 / STL 1997