Modernizing Minds in El Salvador
Education Reform and the Cold War, 1960-1980
In the 1960s and 1970s, El Salvador's reigning military regime instituted a series of reforms that sought to modernize the country and undermine ideological radicalism, the most ambitious of which was an education initiative. It was multifaceted, but its most controversial component was the use of televisions in classrooms. Launched in 1968 and lasting until the eve of civil war in the late 1970s, the reform resulted in students receiving instruction through programs broadcast from the capital city of San Salvador. The Salvadoran teachers' union opposed the content and the method of the reform and launched two massive strikes. The military re…
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Weitere Autoren: Ching, Erik
- ISBN: 978-0-8263-5082-4
- EAN: 9780826350824
- Produktnummer: 34255575
- Verlag: University of New Mexico Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 360 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'940 KB
Über den Autor
Héctor Lindo-Fuentes is professor of history at Fordham University.
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