ABSTRACT
Literacy and Development is a collection of case studies of literacy projects around the world.
The contributors present their in-depth studies of everyday uses and meanings of literacy and of the literacy programmes that have been developed to enhance them. Arguing that ethnographic research can and should inform literacy policy in developing countries, the book extends current theory and itself contributes to policy making and programme building.
A large cross-section of society is covered, with chapters on Women's literacy in Pakistan, Ghana, and Rural Mali, literacy in village Iran, and an 'Older Peoples' Literacy Project.
This international collection includes case studies from: Peru, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Bangladesh, Mali, Nepal, Iran, Eritrea, Ghana.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I LITERACY AND DEVELOPMENT
chapter 2|21 pages
‘LITERACY—YOUR KEY TO A BETTER FUTURE’?
chapter 3|17 pages
More than just chanting: multilingual literacies, ideology and teaching methodologies in rural Eritrea
chapter 4|15 pages
BETRAYAL AND SOLIDARITY IN ETHNOGRAPHY ON LITERACY
part |2 pages
PART II Literacy and development: local literacies and development agendas