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Review of Contemporary Research on Literacy and Adult Education in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2022

William F. Marquardt  and
Richard W. Cortright
William F. Marquardt
Affiliation:
University of Illinois
Richard W. Cortright
Affiliation:
Adult Education Clearinghouse, National Association for Public School Adult Education
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“If you gotta ask, man, you ain't never gonna know,” satchmo Armstrong once said when someone asked him, “What is jazz?” Such an answer might also fit the question, “What is the state of our knowledge of what to do about illiteracy and ignorance in Latin America.” But the question has been asked in serious company accustomed to thoughtful answers—answers that guide and energize. So we will try to examine what is speculated, what is known, what is being investigated, and what we need to know most in order to establish contact with that vast terra incognita in Latin America comprising the illiterate and the unlearned.

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Latin American Research Review , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , Summer 1968 , pp. 47 - 70
Copyright
Copyright © 1968 by the University of Texas Press

Footnotes

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The authors wish to thank the following persons and institutions for providing information and materials used in the writing of this review: Kay Aylor, Latin-American Bureau, United States Catholic Conference, Washington, D.C.; Hernando Bernal Alarcon, Acción Cultural Popular, Escuélas Radiofónicas, Bogotá, Colombia; Edward W. Brice, U.S. Office of Education; John Downing, University of London Institute of Education; Estellita Hart, Department of Educational Affairs, Pan American Union, Washington, D.C.; K. W. Hayball, Department of Corrections, California State Prison, San Quentin, California; Mrs. G. G. Hendley, ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education, Syracuse University; Mrs. Boyd Jacoway, Chattanooga Area Literacy Movement, Inc.; Carlos A. Jimenez, Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa, New York; Robert J. LaCampagne, Director of Special Projects, National Council of Teachers of English; Robert S. Laubach, Laubach Literacy, Inc., Syracuse, New York; Mary Nussbaum, Literacy Clearinghouse, ERIC, Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, D.C.; Thomas A. Rich, College of Basic Studies, University of South Florida; Barbara Schonger, Committee for World Literacy and Christian Literature, New York; Mrs. Marietta Daniels Shepard, Pan American Union; Abraham Tauber, Yeshiva University; Mrs. Betty Ward, U.S. Office of Education; Iris Wares, Instituto Linguistico de Verano, Mexico; Rose Marie Weber, Project Literacy, Cornell University.

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