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Opening minds, improving lives : education and women's empowerment in Honduras / Erin Murphy-Graham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murphy-Graham, Erin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Education--Honduras.
- Women.
- Education--Honduras.
- Education.
- Social conditions.
- Women in development.
- Education--Aims and objectives.
- Women--Education.
- Honduras.
- Education--Aims and objectives--Honduras.
- Women in development--Honduras.
- Women--Honduras--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- Afresh conception of women's empowerment through education as a process of recognition, capacity development, and action in a community setting
- Juanita was seventeen years old and pregnant with her first child when she began an activity that would "open" her mind. Living in a remote Garifuna village in Honduras, Juanita had dropped out of school after the sixth grade. In 1996, a new educational program, Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial (Tutorial Learning System, or SAT), was started in her community. The program helped her see the world differently and open a small business.
- Drawing on in-depth interviews and classroom observation in Honduras and Uganda, Erin Murphy-Graham shows the potential of the SAT program to empower women through expanded access and improved quality of secondary education in Latin America and Africa. An appendix provides samples of the classroom lessons. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 On Gender, Education, and Empowerment 9
- 2 SAT as Empowering Education 30
- 3 "SAT Came to My Feet, It Came to My Doorstep": Understanding the Context of SAT Implementation in Honduras 51
- 4 "My Mind Is Different": Developing Confidence and Critical Perspectives through SAT 71
- 5 Taking Life by the Reins: Steps toward Self- and Social Betterment 93
- 6 Behind Closed Doors: Examining the Influence of Education on Women's Intimate Relationships 110
- 7 Conclusion 133.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826518286
- 0826518281
- 9780826518293
- 082651829X
- OCLC:
- 732847918
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