An Alternative Theoretical Approach for the Study of Literacy and Its Role in Development. [Report No.: IFG-PR-80-B21

Autor/in	Waiser, Myriam
Institution	Stanford Univ., CA. Inst. for Research on Educational Finance and Governance.
Titel	An Alternative Theoretical Approach for the Study of Literacy and Its Role in Development. [Report No.: IFG-PR-80-B21
Quelle	(1980), (45 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Developing Nations; Economic Development; International Studies; Literacy; Models; Political Socialization; Social Change; Social Science Research; Social Systems; Social Values; Socioeconomic Influences; Systems Approach; Values Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Internationaler Studiengang; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Analogiemodell; Politische Sozialisation; Sozialer Wandel; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Social system; Soziales System; Sozialer Wert; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Systemischer Ansatz; Werterziehung
Abstract	Social theorists arguing that economic development is a process of modernization claim that traditional societies will follow the patterns of transformation already followed by modern societies, and that literacy can help instill the necessary values. An alternative theory, developed primarily in Latin America, argues that the relationships of economic dependency existing between developed and underdeveloped segments of society have created an international situation entirely different from that faced by the first developing nations. Writers like Freire, Gramsci, Sunkel, Fuenzalida, and Habermas have provided the theoretical basis for empirical study of the role of literacy from this alternative viewpoint. In differing ways, all these writers argue that the dominated segments of society, whether within a state or within the transnational economic complex, are controlled through the permeation of civil society by a system of values, beliefs, knowledge, and morality that in one way or another supports the established order. In this view educational programs are political strategies allowing the dominant to impose their conceptions of the world on the dominated. The author suggests using content analysis to study the impact of literacy in light of dependency theory, and provides models and guidelines to help determine the direction of research. (PGD)
Anmerkungen	Institute for Research on Educational Finance and Governance, CERAS Bldg., Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 ($1.00).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01