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Titolo: |
Kenya After 50 : Reconfiguring Education, Gender, and Policy / / edited by Mickie Mwanzia Koster, Michael Mwenda Kithinji, Jerono P. Rotich
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Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2016. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (VIII, 265 p.) |
Disciplina: | 967.62043 |
Soggetto topico: | Africa—History |
International education | |
Comparative education | |
Ethnology—Africa | |
Educational policy | |
Education and state | |
Social history | |
African History | |
International and Comparative Education | |
African Culture | |
Educational Policy and Politics | |
Social History | |
Soggetto geografico: | Kenya Social conditions 21st century |
Kenya Politics and government 2002- | |
Persona (resp. second.): | Mwanzia KosterMickie |
KithinjiMichael Mwenda | |
RotichJerono P | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction / Mickie Mwanzia Koster, Michael Kithinji, and Jerono Rotich -- Education model and university curriculum in Kenya : dysfunctionality and reforms since independence / Michael Mwenda Kithinji -- Geoffrey William Griffin's work at the National Youth Service : contributions to Kenya's national development / Peter Otiato Ojiambo -- Teach our children in their mother tongue / Margaret W. Njeru -- Reassessing Jomo Kenyatta's crackdown on theatre for education and development / Samson Kaunga Ndanyi -- Mpesa as a Kenyan success story : economic progress and social impact / Frank Jacobs -- Combating road traffic accidents in Kenya : a challenge for an emerging economy / Charles G. Manyara -- Kenya at 50 : contextualization of post-independence sporting success / W. W. S. Njororai -- Can Kenyan women really perform? Women on the sports field and in the boardroom / W. W. S. Njororai -- Gender, archiving and recognition : naming and erasing in Nairobi's cityscape / Besi Brillian Muhonja -- Kenya at 50 : Kenyan women reach some milestones / Jerono P. Rotich and Kipchumba Byron -- Feminism unfinished : Kenya's feminist and women's rights movements, 1963-2013 / Brenda Nyandiko Sanya and Anne Namatsi Lutomia. |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book explores the key milestones in education, gender, and policy that Kenya has achieved since independence, the challenges of this experience, and the future prospects. This edited collection of chapters also aims to illuminate the lessons learned from the experiences of the postcolonial period as well as postulate on the way forward. Through this exploration of the Kenyan experience since independence, the authors present an optimistic view that despite the many obstacles and challenges, the country still has promising prospects as a nation. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Kenya After 50 ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-137-57463-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910254782303321 |
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