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“We Must Believe in Ourselves”

Attitudes and Experiences of Adult Learners with Disabilities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

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Adult basic education is a marginalized sphere of activity within the South African education system, receiving less than 1% of the annual education budget and actually declining in provision over the last decade (Aitchison, 1999; Baatjes, 2003).

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  1. Senior lecturer in the Centre for Adult Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

    Peter Rule

  2. A materials developer for Learn with Echo, a weekly adult education newspaper supplement, in the Centre for Adult Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

    Tadi Ruth Modipa

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Rule, P., Modipa, T.R. (2013). “We Must Believe in Ourselves”. In: Mayo, P. (eds) Learning with Adults. International Issues in Adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-335-5_5

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