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

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 405-413

  Dyer, Caroline ^a   Choksi, Archana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPOWERMENT; LITERACY; NOMADIC PEOPLE;

EID: 0032405711     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-0593(98)00033-9     Document Type: Article

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