Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. 1953-1970: Constructing Conciencia
• Chapter 2. The Revolution in Education
• Chapter 3. 1970-1985: Reconciling Revolutionary Fervor with the Requisites of the Modern State
• Chapter 4. 1986-2000: Rectification and the Special Period
• Chapter 5. Revolutionary Pedagogy in Action
• Chapter 6. The Cuban Pioneer Student Organization: Who Will Be Like Che?
• Chapter 7. Cuba's School to the Countryside Program
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1. Suitcases, Jump Ropes, and lo espiritual: Methodology a la cubana
• Appendix 2. Surveys
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

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This in-depth look at education in Cuba's high schools and middle schools offers new insights into the links between school and society under Castro.

About the Author

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

Reviews

"Professor Blum has written a sound, balanced and informative book. It is well organized, comprehensive in the treatment of the new man ideology, and clearly written. It is jargon free, and the conclusions are reasonable and well grounded in either her observations or the literature... The book should be required reading for academics and others studying Cuba. Policy makers and journalists should also be readers if they want to gain more than a superficial understanding of Cuba, its educational history and developments. General readers will also find it is a valuable book for learning about Cuba... I recommend the book without reservation." Jerone Stephens, Bowling Green State University, writing for Reviews in History