Cuban Youth and Revolutionary Values Educating the New Socialist Citizen

Name: Cuban Youth and Revolutionary Values Educating the New Socialist Citizen
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ISBN: 9780292737488

ISBN-10: 0292737483

ISBN-13: 9780292737488

Edition: 2011

Authors: Denise F. Blum

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Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Havana's secondary schools,Cuban Youth and Revolutionary Valuesis a remarkable ethnography, charting the government's attempts to transform a future generation of citizens. While Cuba's high literacy rate is often lauded, the little-known dropout rates among teenagers receive less scrutiny. In vivid, succinct reporting, educational anthropologist Denise Blum now shares her findings regarding this overlooked aspect of the Castro legacy.Despite the fact that primary-school enrollment rates exceed those of the United States, the reverse is true for the crucial years between elementary school and college. After providing a history of Fidel Castro's educational…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 286
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

A former public school teacher, DENISE F. BLUM is an Assistant Professor in Social Foundations at Oklahoma State University.