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Liberation, Development, and Rural Nonformal Education
Author(s) -
Belle Thomas J. La
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1984.15.1.05x1475s
Subject(s) - underdevelopment , latin americans , ideology , sociology , social change , economic growth , informal education , developing country , adult education , formal education , political science , social science , higher education , pedagogy , politics , law , economics
Nonformal education is compared to formal and informal education and viewed in relation to two explanatory frameworks from Latin America assessing underdevelopment. These frameworks, referred to as dependency‐liberation and deprivation‐development, also provide direction to nonformal education efforts, which the author argues generally are weak and ineffective as a primary means for promoting micro‐level change. Evidence is provided to sustain integrated social change efforts where nonformal education is directed to the areas of social organization, technology, and ideology.