Informal learning and literacy among Maasai women : education, emancipation and empowerment / Taeko Takayanagi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Takayanagi, Taeko, author.

Series:

Routledge research in international and comparative education

Standardized Title:

Power of informal learning and literacy for women in the Maasai community, Kenya

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women, Maasai--Education.

Women, Maasai.

Maasai (African people)--Education--Kenya.

Maasai (African people).

Non-formal education--Kenya.

Non-formal education.

Maasai (African people)--Education.

Education.

Kenya.

Physical Description:

xix, 195 pages : illustrations (black and white), map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

"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 postcolonial feminist framework, this book sets out to examine linkages between informal learning and literacy, human development and gender inequality. Despite improvements in recent years, access to traditional education remains restricted for many women in rural communities across Kenya. Taeko's book is the first to introduce how Maasai village women utilise informal learning and literacy for collective empowerment as well as to sustain their own well-being and that of their families. It presents the perspectives of both local women and institutions and argues that women's learning is most effective when located within their own sociocultural and political discourses, and when their voices are listened to and heard. This ethnographic research study is a valuable resource that will contribute to the knowledge of literacy from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It is an essential read for those studying or researching information education, development studies and gender, or education, as well as for teachers, community leaders and aid workers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: exploring the notion of informal learning and literacy from a Maasai women's perspective

Postcolonial feminist theory

Women's informal learning and empowerment in the context of development

Using an ethnological research framework

Socio-cultural background of the Maasai in Kenya

Narratives and process observation of village women

Interview analysis of women's group leaders and bureaucrats.

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Sydney, 2017, titled: The power of informal learning and literacy for women in the Maasai community, Kenya.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Takayanagi, Taeko. Power of informal learning and literacy for women in the Maasai community, Kenya Informal learning and literacy among Maasai women

ISBN:

9781138609907

1138609900

OCLC:

1099567445