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This book explores the involvement of nineteen women in an emancipatory literacy program conducted under the administration of Paulo Freire in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The study presents the classroom experiences of these women and the psychological, cognitive, and behavioral changes they undergo over a three-year period. Their low limited acquisition of literacy and their limited reading and writing practices are explored in the context of their ci...

Away from the public eye, but from within the structures of stable and efficient organizations, women 's groups have established nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to pursue feminist agendas. Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America constitutes one of the first detailed analyses of the political and educational work of these organizations. Focusing on NGOs in the Dominican Republic and Peru, the book presents three c...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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This volume looks at urban problems related to education cross-nationally, beginning with a definition of what is distinctly urban in educational settings. The book goes on to examine such topics as trends and issues, bureaucratic dynamics, goals, politics, and neighbourhood movements.

The effects of globalization have long been dealt with in terms of economic and technological consequences, but what about the influence on education? Though still not a precise concept, what we understand as 'globalization' is bringing forth numerous and profound changes in the economic, cultural, and political life of nations. With increased opportunities for interaction and learning, education around the world is rapidly becoming transforme...

This book explores the involvement of nineteen women in an emancipatory literacy program conducted under the administration of Paulo Friere in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The study presents the classroom experience of these women and the psychological, cognitive, and behavioral changes they undergo over a three year period.

The seemingly amorphous phenomenon we call globalization involves concrete realities that make it a major source of social change in our contemporary world. Bringing globalization alive for students, this book uses examples and perspectives from economi

The effects of globalization have long been dealt with in terms of economic and technological consequences, but what about the influence on education? Though still not a precise concept, what we understand as 'globalization' is bringing forth numerous and profound changes in the economic, cultural, and political life of nations. With increased opportunities for interaction and learning, education around the world is rapidly becoming transforme...

The seemingly amorphous phenomenon we call globalization involves concrete realities that make it a major source of social change in our contemporary world. Bringing globalization alive for students, this book uses examples and perspectives from economi