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Women and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Power, Opportunities, and Constraints / ed. by Marianne Bloch, B. Robert Tabachnick, Josephine A. Beoku-Betts.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©1998Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685859176
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

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