Education, Citizenship, and Cuban Identity [electronic resource] /
Smith, Rosi.author.
This book explores how Cuba’s famously successful and inclusive education system has formed young Cubans’ political, social, and moral identities in a country transfigured by new inequalities and moral compromises made in the name of survival. The author examines this educational experience from the perspective of those who grew up in the years of economic crisis following the fall of the Soviet Union, charting their ideals, their frustrations and their struggle to reconcile revolutionary rhetoric with twenty-first century reality. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Learning Your Place -- Chapter One: Education and Ideology in Cuba -- Chapter Two: ‘Tomorrow’s Heroes’ -- Chapter Three: The Emergente Generation -- Chapter Four: The Lost Generation? -- Conclusion: Cuban Citizenship Education in Context -- Bibliography -- Appendix A: Record of Interviews Conducted (Youth) -- Appendix B: Record of Interviews Conducted (Experts). .
This book explores how Cuba’s famously successful and inclusive education system has formed young Cubans’ political, social, and moral identities in a country transfigured by new inequalities and moral compromises made in the name of survival. The author examines this educational experience from the perspective of those who grew up in the years of economic crisis following the fall of the Soviet Union, charting their ideals, their frustrations and their struggle to reconcile revolutionary rhetoric with twenty-first century reality. .
International education .
Comparative education.
International and Comparative Education.