South-South cooperation in education and development: The ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! literacy method

This article addresses two tendencies within the international education and South–South cooperation literatures: the omission of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) from discussions of South–South cooperation generally, and of the ALBATCP promo...

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Main Author: Muhr, Thomas
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Published: Elsevier 2015
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description This article addresses two tendencies within the international education and South–South cooperation literatures: the omission of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) from discussions of South–South cooperation generally, and of the ALBATCP promoted ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! literacy method in particular. Central features of ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! are discussed, while the case of ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! in Nicaragua illustrates the main argument developed: ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! should not be regarded as ‘best practice transfer’ but as integral to South–South cooperation as Third World emancipation and transformation towards a socially just and democratic world order.
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spelling nottingham-299442020-05-04T20:08:11Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29944/ South-South cooperation in education and development: The ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! literacy method Muhr, Thomas This article addresses two tendencies within the international education and South–South cooperation literatures: the omission of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) from discussions of South–South cooperation generally, and of the ALBATCP promoted ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! literacy method in particular. Central features of ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! are discussed, while the case of ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! in Nicaragua illustrates the main argument developed: ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! should not be regarded as ‘best practice transfer’ but as integral to South–South cooperation as Third World emancipation and transformation towards a socially just and democratic world order. Elsevier 2015-07 Article PeerReviewed Muhr, Thomas (2015) South-South cooperation in education and development: The ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! literacy method. International Journal of Educational Development, 43 . pp. 126-133. ISSN 0738-0593 Education and development; Critical pedagogy; Decolonization; International education; Literacy; South–South cooperation http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738059315000462 doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2015.04.005 doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2015.04.005
spellingShingle Education and development; Critical pedagogy; Decolonization; International education; Literacy; South–South cooperation
Muhr, Thomas
South-South cooperation in education and development: The ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! literacy method
title South-South cooperation in education and development: The ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! literacy method
title_full South-South cooperation in education and development: The ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! literacy method
title_fullStr South-South cooperation in education and development: The ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! literacy method
title_full_unstemmed South-South cooperation in education and development: The ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! literacy method
title_short South-South cooperation in education and development: The ¡Yo, Sí Puedo! literacy method
title_sort south-south cooperation in education and development: the ¡yo, sí puedo! literacy method
topic Education and development; Critical pedagogy; Decolonization; International education; Literacy; South–South cooperation
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