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See, Heather. Revolutionary education: Cuban Americans' perceptions of literacy education. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-8sbb-8m08

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TitleRevolutionary education: Cuban Americans' perceptions of literacy education
NameSee, Heather (author); SADOVNIK, ALAN R (chair); Chase, Sabrina M (internal member); Lassiter, Teri E (internal member); Semel, Susan F (outside member); Rutgers University; Graduate School - Newark
Date Created2019
Other Date2019-10 (degree)
SubjectUrban Systems, Literacy -- Cuba
Extent1 online resource (x, 142 pages) : illustrations
DescriptionThis dissertation investigated the effectiveness of literacy education in the post-revolution Cuban Education System, and in particular, how Cuba has maintained exceptional literacy rates since 1961. These results are surprising because for many years Cuba had maintained literacy rates despite the obstacle of abject poverty. Previous research has shown that low levels of literacy are correlated with low socioeconomic status (Berliner, 2013; Fernald, Marchman, & Weisleder, 2013; Green, 1997; Lareau, 2003; and Ripley, 2013). Cuba’s literacy rates from 1961 to present have surpassed those of the world’s most powerful countries, including the United States. This dissertation was motivated by three goals: (1) to understand the role of each player in the multi-level Cuban education system which oversees successful literacy; (2) to understand the goals and functions of Cuban literacy education; and (3) to understand what (if any) best practices can be applied to the United States educational system. This results of this study showed that although Cuba did maintain a successful program for many years after the Cuban Revolution, the participants of this study detailed an education system that was crumbling as they were students and have since worsened.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
NoteIncludes vita
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-8sbb-8m08
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
CollectionGraduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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