The Portuguese Literacy Campaigns After the Carnation Revolution (1974-1977)

Abstract: This article presents a description of the major campaigns of adult literacy in the revolutionary period in Portugal, between the years 1974 and 1977. The campaigns aimed to address the problem of extremely low levels of formal education and high levels of adult illiteracy, and were organized by different movements, from the military to political youth organizations. In all cases, Paulo Freire’s theory and methods were an important reference to these initiatives of popular education even if, in some cases, these were clearly top-down approaches, while others advocated a bottom-up perspective. We will start by an analysis of the rationale of these movements based on documents produced at the period and a literature review. Then, retrospective interviews with two women participating in these campaigns are used to illustrate these experiences and their perceived impact on themselves and the adults involved. Not surprisingly, the impact of these literacy campaigns is perceived as si.... http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/747

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The Portuguese Literacy Campaigns After the Carnation Revolution (1974-1977) ; volume:14 ; number:2 ; day:27 ; month:05 ; year:2015 ; Journal of social science education ; 14, Heft 2 (27.05.2015)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Gomes, Isabel Pereira ; Amorim, José Pedro ; Correia, José Alberto ; Menezes, Isabel

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/jsse-747
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019011816201924157071
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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