Valerie Miller

Between Struggle And Hope (eBook, ePUB)

The Nicaraguan Literacy Crusade

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In July 1979, Nicaragua began a process of profound structural transformation to redistribute power and wealth in order to redress past societal inequities. This book critically examines the planning and implementation of one of the first programs of national transformation-the Nicaraguan National Literacy Crusade, an educational effort directly involving almost one-fourth of the country's population. International experts praised the program as an exemplary model for national development and unanimously chose the campaign to receive grand prize in literacy. A vivid combination of anecdote and analysis, Between Struggle and Hope is a study of policymaking and institution building within a revolutionary society. Written by an international adviser to the program, the book provides an insider's look at educational planning and political formation. A critique, it combines the human story of the struggle to create the literacy campaign with a detailed evaluation of program results, both positive and negative. Unique in the literature, it allows the reader to follow firsthand the behind-the-scenes development of an educational campaign designed as part of a national plan of structural transformation and to share the personal concerns, criticisms, and analysis of the program planners. Between Struggle and Hope offers a rare opportunity to examine the process of political change through education and to probe the internal dynamics of revolution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429717802
• Artikelnr.: 57588906

Autorenporträt

Valerie Miller has studied and worked in Central America since 1964. Beginning her career as an educational specialist for the Peace Corps in rural Panama, she has been involved in area development and education programs ever since. Dr. Miller has worked with projects of the United Nations, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Organization of American States, the Central American Institute of Business Administration, the U.S. Congress, and Catholic and Protestant church organizations. She received her doctorate in international education from the University of Massachusetts and worked on the executive staff of the Nicaraguan National Literacy Crusade for one year. Dr. Miller presently serves as director of Central American programs for the Foreign Policy Education Fund of Washington, D.C.