Книга: Justus B. Aungo «Domesticating or Working Girls Off School?»

Производитель: "LAP Lambert Academic Publishing"

Why do girls in rural primary schools perform poorly or drop out of school? Based on a study of domestic labour demands on girls` attending rural primary schools in Kenya`s Gucha District, Aungo explores various conceptual and practical linkages between gendered domestic labour and rural girls` education. The book shows how the hegemony of domesticity dominates and undermines rural girls` attendance, performance and retention in school. The author makes a case for ethnographically grounded investigations and interventions to qualitatively address the nature and extent of domesticity in schools; and identify innovative options for the re-socialization of girls. He recommends special focus on class room behaviour of teachers, restructuring of the school environment, reorientation of parenting, career-path awareness and information for girls to generate and nurture counter-domesticity practices and cultures. The book provides critical reading for researchers and advocates of girls`... ISBN:9783845414874

Издательство: "LAP Lambert Academic Publishing" (2012)

ISBN: 9783845414874