Mari-Anne Okkolin

Education, Gender and Development

A Capabilities Perspective

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book takes a novel approach to the complexities of girls' and women's education in the global South. To unravel the critical issues and processes behind educational advancement, the book narrates the stories of highly educated Tanzanian women. This fresh take on education, gender, development and capabilities is essential reading for multiple academic audiences and education practitioners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781138673045
• ISBN-10: 1138673048
• Artikelnr.: 44385398

Autorenporträt

Mari-Anne Okkolin is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Research on Higher Education and Development, University of the Free State, South Africa, and Researcher at the Department of Education, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Setting the Scene
1. Introduction
2. Why and How to Address Education, Gender and Development
3. Introducing the Ten Highly Educated Women
4. Introducing the Empirical Study
Part II: Education, Gender and Development
5. Research on Education, Gender and Development
6. Gendered Educational Challenges and Achievements in the Tanzanian
Context
7. Capabilities Lenses to Address and Assess Gender, Education and
Development
Part III: Women's Many Stories
8. Educational Well-being In-Schools
9. Enabling Social and Familial Environment?
10. Agency Narratives and Notions
Part IV
11. Concluding Remarks and Reflections