AVENIR 2000
Mutual aid, peace and justice
Literacy Education Students
Mutual aid, peace and justice
Literacy Education Students
Numbers speak for themselves. In 1997, functionally illiterate individuals accounted for about 1,300,000 of the population in Québec. Literacy education students (Étudiantes et étudiants alphabétiseurs - ÉÉA) from the University of Sherbrooke decided to provide assistance to help underprivileged children, adults with little formal education and immigrants overcome illiteracy, in cooperation with regional education organizations. Nalini Vaddapalli and Fannie Brisson insisted on implementing a tutorial system of training whereby a literacy education student would be paired with a pupil. This method would allow the pupil to learn to read and write, resulting in heightened self-esteem. However, exchanges were far from one way: tutors also benefited from the learning experience as a result of their contact with pupils from many different backgrounds.
Literacy Education Students
Mutual aid, peace and justice
Literacy Education Students
Literacy Education Students