From Village to the World: Books with Hope

Autor/in	Asher, Rikki
Titel	From Village to the World: Books with Hope
Quelle	In: SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 107 (2008) 8, S.54-55 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6463
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Indians; Females; Gender Bias; Books; Single Sex Schools; Womens Education; Studio Art; Art Activities; Grade 5; Grade 7; Creative Writing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Inder; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterstereotyp; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Kunstwerkstatt; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Kreatives Schreiben
Abstract	The Pardada Pardadi Girls Vocational School (PPGVS) in India was established in 2000 by Virendera (Sam) Singh, a retired U.S. Dupont South Asia department head to address the issue of gender bias in India. According to the school's website, nearly half of India's population is illiterate: males outnumber females two-to-one in literacy and drop-out rates for girls are as high as 58% in primary and upper primary schools. In villages throughout India girls face gender discrimination daily, including female infanticide, nutritional and economic disparities with male members of the family, and violence in and out of the home. The school's mission is to uplift and empower girls from the economically poorest section of society by providing free education and vocational training to foster self-reliant and educated individuals. The curriculum includes academic studies and vocational training. The main goal of the curriculum is to teach students how to become socially and economically independent. The author came to this school to do research on the impact of art and creative writing through book-making. The project changed the Indian girls' ideas of art and learning in that they developed a feeling of ownership of their personal history. (Contains 1 online resource.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10