Fields 1983

Fields, Harriet. 1983. "Matses literacy program." Notes on Literacy. Interest level: specialist.

Describes the literacy progress among the Matses of Peru. Literacy work was initially very informal and sensitive to the culture, and the culture contributed greatly to the success of the program. Discusses practical issues of

• selecting teachers
• setting class times and meeting places
• dealing with the more rapid progress of children, and
• memorization.

• Bibliography module: Fields 1983
• In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): F
• In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
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• In bookshelf: Literacy

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