Meaningful Learning? Gendered Experiences with an NGO-Sponsored Literacy Program in Rural Mali

Autor/inn/en	Fuhriman, Addie; Ballif-Spanvill, Bonnie; Ward, Carol; Solomon, Yodit; Widdison-Jones, Kacey
Titel	Meaningful Learning? Gendered Experiences with an NGO-Sponsored Literacy Program in Rural Mali
Quelle	In: Ethnography and Education, 1 (2006) 1, S.103-124 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745-7823
Schlagwörter	Literacy Education; Foreign Countries; Program Effectiveness; Nongovernmental Organizations; Ethnography; Gender Differences; Cultural Context; Rural Areas; Mali + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ethnografie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum
Abstract	This paper examines the effectiveness of an NGO-sponsored literacy program in rural Mali. The study employs ethnographic techniques to examine the type of literacy instruction provided, the level of participation, the meanings of literacy to participants, and the contextual factors that influence the social and personal effects of literacy. The analyses reveal that the program has been more advantageous for men, particularly in terms of opportunities for the use of literacy skills. Oversight of the cultural context combined with programmatic challenges including failure of the NGO to meet its own critical literacy goals have limited women's ability to access and derive benefits from the literacy program. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10