Gender, Literacy and Life Chances in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Benedicta Egbo
- Format:
- Hardback
- Related Formats:
- ISBN:
- 9781853594649
- Published:
- 7th Feb 2000
- Publisher:
- Multilingual Matters
- Number of pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 210mm x 148mm
- Availability:
- Available
Benedicta Egbo is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Windsor, Canada after having completed her doctorate at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. She was born in Nigeria where she taught at the secondary school level and later held an appointment as a Senior Inspector of Education at the Ministry of Education in Benin City.
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Il/Literacy: Some Theoretical Considerations
3 The Intersections of Gender, Literacy and Power
4 The Historical and Social Context of Literacy / Education
5 A Critical Literacy Research
6 Perceiving Il/Literacy: Impact, Constraints and Possibilities: Literate Women's Accounts
7 Perceiving Il/Literacy: Non-Literate Women's Accounts
8 Literacy and Life Chances: Examining the Evidence
9 From Rhetoric to Praxis: (Re)constructing Women's Life Chances and Bridging the Gender Gap in Literacy/Education
References
Index