National Literacy Campaigns and Movements - Historical and Comparative Perspectives

Informationen zum Autor Jose Carlos Chiaramonte Klappentext Major campaigns to raise levels of literacy have taken place for centuries and share many common elements Zusammenfassung Major campaigns to raise levels of literacy have taken place for centuries and share many common elements Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Chapter Introduction, Chapter 2 Literacy Drives in Preindustrial Germany, Chapter 3 The Literacy Campaign in Scotland, 1560-1803, Chapter 4 Literacy Campaigns in Sweden, Chapter 5 The Anatomy of Mass Literacy in Nineteenth-Century United States, Chapter 6 Russian Literacy Campaigns, 1861-1939, Chapter 7 Literacy Movements in Modern China, Chapter 8 The 1961 National Cuban Literacy Campaign, Chapter 9 The Experimental World Literacy Program: A Unique International Effort Revisited, Chapter 10 Tanzania's Literacy Campaign in Historical-Structural Perspective, Chapter 11 Adult Literacy for Development in India: An Analysis of Policy and Performance, Chapter 12 The 1980 Nicaraguan National Literacy Crusade, Chapter 13 Adult Literacy Policy in Industrialized Countries, Index

Product details

• Authors: Robert Arnove, Robert F. (EDT)/ Graff Arnove, Jose Carlos Chiaramonte, Chiaramonte Jose Carlos
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2008
• EAN: 9781412807616
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-0761-6
• No. of pages: 322
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Literacy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Study & learning skills: general, STUDY AIDS / Study & Test-Taking Skills, Study and learning skills: general, Literacy (Theories of reading and writing)