| Description |
xv, 320 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Women and change in the developing world |
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Women and change in the developing world.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Lioba Moshi -- 1. Gender and Educational Research, Policy, and Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa: Theoretical and Empirical Problems and Prospects / Marianne Bloch and Frances Vavrus -- 2. Agents in Women's Education: Some Trends in the African Context / Nelly Stromquist -- 3. Rites and Reason: Precolonial Education and Its Relevance to the Current Production and Transmission of Knowledge / Lynda R. Day -- 4. Beyond the Three Food Groups: Nutrition Education for Women in Africa / Joanne Csete -- 5. Women and Nonformal Education in West Africa: Policy and Practice / Polly Diven -- 6. Inside Classrooms in Guinea: Girls' Experiences / Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt, Marianne Bloch and Aminata Maiga Soumare -- 7. Gender and Classroom Interactions in Liberia / Mary B. Brenner -- 8. Gender and Formal Education in Africa: An Exploration of the Opportunity Structure at the Secondary and Tertiary Levels / Josephine A. Beoku-Betts |
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9. "Education Is My Husband": Marriage, Gender, and Reproduction in Northern Tanzania / Amy Stambach -- 10. Single-Sex Schooling and Its Effects on Nigerian Adolescents / Valerie E. Lee and Marlaine E. Lockheed -- 11. Gender and Education in Rural South Africa / Adele Gordon, Doris Nkwe and Mellony Graven -- 12. The Status of Women in Southern Nigeria: Is Education a Help or a Hindrance? / Marida Hollos -- 13. Searching for Utopia: The Politics of Gender and Education in Tanzania / Marjorie Mbilinyi -- 14. Using the Past to Fashion an Expanding Future / B. Robert Tabachnick and Josephine A. Beoku-Betts |
| Notes |
Based on a conference held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Based on a conference held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Subject |
Education and state -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Congresses.
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Education and state -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Educational change -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Educational change -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Congresses.
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Sex differences in education -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Sex differences in education -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Congresses.
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Women -- Education -- Social aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Women -- Education -- Social aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Congresses.
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Women -- Education -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Congresses.
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Women -- Education -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Beoku-Betts, Josephine A., 1951-
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Bloch, Marianne N.
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Tabachnick, B. Robert.
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| LC no. |
98009498 |
| ISBN |
1555877044 (alk. paper) |
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