ERIC Number: EJ882257
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jul
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0738-0593
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Salvadoran Campesinos/as' Literacy Practices and Perceptions of the Benefits of Literacy: A Longitudinal Study with Former Literacy Participants
Prins, Esther
International Journal of Educational Development, v30 n4 p418-427 Jul 2010
This article uses data from longitudinal, ethnographic research to examine how, six years after attending literacy classes, 12 adults in rural El Salvador used literacy, their perceptions of the temporary and longer-term psychosocial and economic benefits of literacy education, and their memories of literacy classes. The findings support prior research highlighting the unpredictable consequences of literacy education. Although some personal changes were ephemeral, learners nevertheless identified long-term psychosocial and interpersonal benefits, which they attributed mainly to the rituals of social interaction they practiced in literacy classes. These findings underscore the social dimensions of literacy education.
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Ethnography, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Rural Education, Adult Students, Educational Benefits, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Followup Studies, Adult Literacy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Basic Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: El Salvador
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