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1st Edition

Women Teachers in Africa Challenges and possibilities

Edited By Nelly Stromquist, Steven Klees, Jing Lin Copyright 2017

214 Pages

by Routledge

214 Pages

by Routledge

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Through qualitative research methods, this book engages in a holistic understanding of cultural, economic, and institutional forces that interact to produce the underrepresentation of women as school teachers in four sub-Saharan African countries. Comparative case studies at the national level, using a common research design, show that teaching, despite being an attractive civil service job,... Read more

Table of Contents

Foreword

Gustavo E. Fischman

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Nelly P. Stromquist

1. Increasing Female School Teachers in African Countries: Effects,

Barriers, and Policies

Caitlin S. Haugen, Steven J. Klees, Nelly P. Stromquist, Jing Lin,

Truphena Choti, Carol Corneilse

2. Women Teachers in Liberia: Social Forces Accounting for Professional

Underrepresentation

Nelly P. Stromquist, Jing Lin, Carol Corneilse, Steven J. Klees

Truphena Choti, Caitlin Haugen

3. Women Teachers in Tanzania: Barriers Encountered and Policy

Recommendations

Jing Lin, Penina Mlama, Anna Swai

4. Women Teachers in Uganda: Voices from the Field

Steven J. Klees, Elizabeth Nyivuru Jawoko, Nansozi K. Muwanga

5. Women Teachers in Togo: Tradition and Power in the Construction of

Gender

Nelly P. Stromquist, Jeannine Agounké, Ibitola Tchitou

Conclusions

Nelly P. Stromquist

Epilogue: A Note on Teacher Salaries

Steven J. Klees

Editor(s)

Biography

Nelly Stromquist is Professor of International Education Policy at University of Maryland, USA.

Steven J. Klees is Professor of International Education Policy at University of Maryland, USA.

Jing Lin is Professor of International Education Policy at University of Maryland, USA.

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