Women and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Power, Opportunities, and Constraints /
Women and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Power, Opportunities, and Constraints /
ed. by Marianne Bloch, B. Robert Tabachnick, Josephine A. Beoku-Betts.
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Gender and Educational Research, Policy, and Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa: Theoretical and Empirical Problems and Prospects -- 2 Agents in Women's Education: Some Trends in the African Context -- PART 1 Nonformal Education -- 3 Rites and Reason: Precolonial Education and Its Relevance to the Current Production and Transmission of Knowledge -- 4 Beyond the Three Food Groups: Nutrition Education for Women in Africa -- 5 Women and Nonformal Education in West Africa: Policy and Practice -- PART 2 Formal Education -- 6 Inside Classrooms in Guinea: Girls' Experiences -- 7 Gender and Classroom Interactions in Liberia -- 8 Gender and Formal Education in Africa: An Exploration of the Opportunity Structure at the Secondary and Tertiary Levels -- 9 "Education Is My Husband": Marriage, Gender, and Reproduction in Northern Tanzania -- 10 Single-Sex Schooling and Its Effects on Nigerian Adolescents -- PART 3 Politics, Economics, and Education -- 11 Gender and Education in Rural South Africa -- 12 The Status of Women in Southern Nigeria: Is Education a Help or a Hindrance? -- 13 Searching for Utopia: The Politics of Gender and Education in Tanzania -- PART 4 Epilogue -- 14 Using the Past to Fashion an Expanding Future -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The authors examine issues related to gender and education in sub-Saharan Africa, considering in particular the impact formal and nonformal education have had on African women.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781685859176
10.1515/9781685859176 doi
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Gender and Educational Research, Policy, and Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa: Theoretical and Empirical Problems and Prospects -- 2 Agents in Women's Education: Some Trends in the African Context -- PART 1 Nonformal Education -- 3 Rites and Reason: Precolonial Education and Its Relevance to the Current Production and Transmission of Knowledge -- 4 Beyond the Three Food Groups: Nutrition Education for Women in Africa -- 5 Women and Nonformal Education in West Africa: Policy and Practice -- PART 2 Formal Education -- 6 Inside Classrooms in Guinea: Girls' Experiences -- 7 Gender and Classroom Interactions in Liberia -- 8 Gender and Formal Education in Africa: An Exploration of the Opportunity Structure at the Secondary and Tertiary Levels -- 9 "Education Is My Husband": Marriage, Gender, and Reproduction in Northern Tanzania -- 10 Single-Sex Schooling and Its Effects on Nigerian Adolescents -- PART 3 Politics, Economics, and Education -- 11 Gender and Education in Rural South Africa -- 12 The Status of Women in Southern Nigeria: Is Education a Help or a Hindrance? -- 13 Searching for Utopia: The Politics of Gender and Education in Tanzania -- PART 4 Epilogue -- 14 Using the Past to Fashion an Expanding Future -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The authors examine issues related to gender and education in sub-Saharan Africa, considering in particular the impact formal and nonformal education have had on African women.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781685859176
10.1515/9781685859176 doi
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.