Literacy

ISBN-13: 9783659103001 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 180 str.

Dickson M. Mwansa

Opis

The books is about perspectives of participants in literacy projects on the significance of education through literacy in Zambia an African society. It carries voices of beneficiaries of literacy education on social, cultural and psychological changes that take place at individual, family and community levels as people acquire the skills of reading and writing in a society where such skills were not part of peoples lives. More succinctly it demonstrates processes of awakening to the new ways of learning and communication. Key finding of the work is that literacy education dispels fears and raises self esteem of participants in literacy. The book blends well literacy theory with experiences of the those afflicted by the scourge of illiteracy. Further it demonstrates the existence and value of indigenous education prior to the on set of western education.

O autorze

Vice Chancellor and Professor of Adult Education, Zambian Open University. He holds a B.A with Education (University of Zambia) in Geography and Literature and M.ED and ED.D in Adult Education from the University of Toronto. Playwright and author of Zambian Theatre from Traditional Arts to Movements for Cultural Expressions.