1st Edition

International Policies for Third World Education Unesco, Literacy and Development

By Phillip W. Jones Copyright 1988
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1988. Bringing the world close to universal literacy will be a major legacy of the twentieth century. But the rapid and widespread developments in education that have enabled this to happen have not taken place in a social and political vacuum. In some instances conditions conducive to mass literacy have only come about through popular revolution or rapid economic... Read more

Preface 1. Global Literacy: The Emergence of a Policy Framework 2. Fundamental Education, 1946-1958 3. Multilateral Adaptation, 1958-1966 4. The Experimental World Literacy Programme, 1966-1974 5. Literacy in the Crisis Years, 1974-1987 6. Epilogue: Appraisals

Biography

Phillip W. Jones