Distance Education and Women Empowerment: The Women Who Dared at Distance Learning Institute

Autor/in	Okunuga, A. O.
Titel	Distance Education and Women Empowerment: The Women Who Dared at Distance Learning Institute
Quelle	In: Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 8 (2011) 7, S.1-11 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1544-0389
Schlagwörter	Females; Distance Education; Empowerment; Womens Education; Womens Studies; Student Educational Objectives; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Student Characteristics; Educational Benefits; Time Factors (Learning); Socioeconomic Influences; Educational Opportunities; Community Education; Critical Theory; Work Experience; Family Characteristics; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Ausland; Fragebogen; Bildungsertrag; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung; Kritische Theorie; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung
Abstract	In the past, the African female child had always been denied formal education due to various cultural and social prejudices. Distance education has been employed by numerous women, who had earlier thus been deprived, to bridge the educational gap between males and females in the country. These are mature females, of which the majority (54%) are within the age range of 30-39 years. Most are employed, married (89%) and with children (89%).The majority (60%) study between 10 and 15 hours per week. Their reasons for studying through Distance Education vary and include attainment of higher education (80%), improved knowledge (86%), enhanced employment opportunities (47%), upgrading/promotion at work (90%), and improved economic power (21%) and social status (81%); a few (10%) have their sights set on the political terrain. (Contains 10 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10