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ERIC Number: EJ586425
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-8566
A Political Review of International Literacy Meetings in Industrialized Countries, 1981-1994.
Hautecoeur, Jean-Paul
International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, v43 n2-3 p135-58 1997
Presents a historical survey of the official discourse on functional literacy in the industrialized countries on the basis of the reports of 20 seminars and international conferences linked to UNESCO. Underlines broad geopolitical tendencies of the literacy movement. Concludes with a typology of principal political tendencies. (42 citations) (VWC)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Developed Nations, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educationally Disadvantaged, Functional Literacy, Global Approach, Government School Relationship, Illiteracy, Politics of Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: World Functional Literacy Program