Adult literacy campaigns, political participation and nation building in Timor-Leste

Robert G Boughton; Deborah Durnan

Adult literacy campaigns, political participation and nation building in Timor-Leste

Robert G Boughton, Deborah Durnan

School of Education

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Timor-Leste's second national literacy campaign, launched in Dili in June 2007, is now operating across the country's 13 districts, and over 120,000 adults have completed the first 13-week class of the Cuban-designed program, 'Yo Si Puedo' (Yes I Can). This paper, based on field research undertaken in-country with literacy campaign organisers and their Cuban advisers, explores the relationship between adult literacy acquisition, political participation and nation building. It summarises what has been achieved to date, and compares this campaign with the first campaign of 1974-1975. It concludes with questions for further research on the impact of the current campaign.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	LED 2011: Refereed Conference Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity
Editors	S May
Place of Publication	Auckland, New Zealand
Publisher	University of Auckland
Pages	1-22
ISBN (Print)	9780473240219
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	LED 2011: 3rd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity - Auckland, New Zealand Duration: 22 Nov 2011 → 25 Nov 2011

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Conference	LED 2011: 3rd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity
City	Auckland, New Zealand
Period	22/11/11 → 25/11/11

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Continuing and Community Education
Comparative and Cross-Cultural Education

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Boughton, RG & Durnan, D 2013, Adult literacy campaigns, political participation and nation building in Timor-Leste. in S May (ed.), LED 2011: Refereed Conference Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity. University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 1-22, LED 2011: 3rd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity, Auckland, New Zealand, 22/11/11. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13584>

Adult literacy campaigns, political participation and nation building in Timor-Leste. / Boughton, Robert G; Durnan, Deborah.
LED 2011: Refereed Conference Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity. ed. / S May. Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland, 2013. p. 1-22.

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