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ERIC Number: EJ418763
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-3364
Reading Is Power.
Schatzberg-Smith, Kathleen
Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v6 n1 p63-70 Fall 1989
Discusses the role of literacy in enabling people to influence the political and social processes that affect their lives. Reviews various definitions of literacy. Citing Paolo Friere and others, considers the political, social, and economic issues related to literacy; and the components of and the conditions needed to develop a liberated andragogy. (DMM)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Andragogy, Definitions, Educational Theories, Literacy, Literacy Education, Self Determination, Social Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Friere (Paolo); Self Adult Literacy
Note: Available from New York College Learning Skills Association, c/o Developmental Studies Division, Community College of the Finger Lakes, Canandaigua, NY 11424 ($20.00 per volume for non-NYCLSA members).