"Informal Learning and Literacy among Maasai Women highlights the importance and role of informal education in the emancipation and development of Maasai village women in Kenya. At present, knowledge and research on the impact of informal learning and literacy on community development is limite...

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1. Verfasser:	Takayanagi, Taeko (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge research in international and comparative education Routledge research in international and comparative education
Schlagworte:	Women, Maasai / Education Maasai (African people) / Education / Kenya Non-formal education / Kenya
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Zusammenfassung:	"Informal Learning and Literacy among Maasai Women highlights the importance and role of informal education in the emancipation and development of Maasai village women in Kenya. At present, knowledge and research on the impact of informal learning and literacy on community development is limited, and there is a gap between policy level discussions and women's lived experiences. Using a postcolonial feminist framework, this book sets out to examine linkages between informal learning and literacy, human development and gender inequality. Despite improvements in recent years, access to traditional education remains restricted for many women in rural communities across Kenya. Taeko's book is the first to introduce how Maasai village women utilise informal learning and literacy for collective empowerment as well as to sustain their own well-being and that of their families. It presents the perspectives of both local women and institutions and argues that women's learning is most effective when located within their own sociocultural and political discourses, and when their voices are listened to and heard. This ethnographic research study is a valuable resource that will contribute to the knowledge of literacy from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It is an essential read for those studying or researching information education, development studies and gender, or education, as well as for teachers, community leaders and aid workers"--
Beschreibung:	Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Sydney, 2017, titled: The power of informal learning and literacy for women in the Maasai community, Kenya Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 08, 2020)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xix, 195 pages) illustrations, maps
ISBN:	0429465971 9780429880230 0429880235 9780429880223 0429880227 9780429880247 0429880243 9780429465970