Education is like wearing glasses: Nomads' views of literacy and empowerment

Empowerment has become a major rationale for adult literacy work, but the relationship between literacy and becoming empowered is not as straightforward as is sometimes assumed. Among Indian nomads, whose traditional occupation is becoming ever less viable, attempts to evolve a peripatetic adult lit...

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Published in:International journal of educational development 1998-09, Vol.18 (5), p.405-413
Main Authors: Dyer, Caroline, Choksi, Archana
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Empowerment has become a major rationale for adult literacy work, but the relationship between literacy and becoming empowered is not as straightforward as is sometimes assumed. Among Indian nomads, whose traditional occupation is becoming ever less viable, attempts to evolve a peripatetic adult literacy programme met with only limited success. Nomads saw the programme as a vehicle for gaining the technical skills to deal with a defined range of tasks, but since it could not offer the economic, cultural and symbolic capital they seek in their present circumstances, viewed formal schools as the route to empowerment.
ISSN:0738-0593
1873-4871
DOI:10.1016/S0738-0593(98)00033-9