ERIC Number: EJ1147644
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-2374-7404
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Early Literacy in Cuba: Lessons for America
Abel, Carolyn Davidson; Abel, Charles Frederick
Texas Journal of Literacy Education, v5 n1 p33-43 Sum 2017
How did Cuba erase illiteracy in a single year? How did they combine both a phonics approach with the constructivist meaning-based model for teaching reading that we cannot seem to manage here in the states? This paper seeks to shed light on Cuba's impressive 1961 National Literacy Campaign and reflects upon implications for early literacy development in America.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergent Literacy, Illiteracy, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies, Educational Practices, Adoption (Ideas), Success, Teaching Models
Texas Journal of Literacy Education. Sam Houston State University, 1908 Bobby Marks Drive Box 2119, Huntsville, TX 77341. Web site: http://www.texasreaders.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Cuba; United States
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