1st Edition
Informal Learning and Literacy among Maasai Women Education, Emancipation and Empowerment
By Taeko Takayanagi
Copyright 2020
216 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
216 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
216 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Foreword - Anna Robinson-Pant
Introduction: Exploring the Notion of Informal Learning and Literacy from a Maasai Woman's Perspective
1. Postcolonial Feminist Theory
2. Women’s Informal Learning and Empowerment in the Context of Development
3. Using an Ethnographic Research Framework
4. Socio-Cultural Background of the Maasai in Kenya
5. Narratives and Process Observation of Village Women
6. Interview Analysis of Women’s Group Leaders and Bureaucrats
7. Conclusion
Biography
Taeko Takayanagi is a JSPS Research Fellow at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. She received her PhD in Education from the University of Sydney and her MA in Education from the University of Manchester.
