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Syomwene, Anne; Kindiki, Jonah Nyaga – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This paper is a discussion of the relationship between women education and sustainable economic development in Kenya and its implications for curriculum development and implementation processes. The argument advanced in this paper is that the solution to the development problems in Kenya and other developing nations lies on women education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Womens Education, Economic Development, Sustainable Development
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Hughes, Rees; Mwiria, Kilemi – Comparative Education, 1989
Analyzes the experiences of Kenya's female university graduates in the labor market. Examines sex differences in university participation rates, student socioeconomic background, academic performance, sector and level of first and current employment, earnings, promotion, and postgraduate education. Contains 51 references. (SV)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Tumuti, Dinah W. – 1982
More women have entered the job market than ever before. With the current socioeconomic changes and with more women attaining education, the number of working women is going to increase rapidly. Most of the working women are of childbearing age and have both preschool and school-age children. While women have to work, it is becoming rather…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Duke, Chris; And Others – Adult Education and Development, 1990
This supplement to "Adult Education and Development," a journal for adult education in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, refers to and is intended as a companion volume to "Combatting Poverty through Adult Education: National Development Strategies" (Croom Helm 1985). In addition to an introductory chapter and a conclusion, this…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
Walters, Shirley, Ed. – 1997
An introduction (Maurice Amutabi et al.) begins this 25-chapter book on adult education and training (AET) in a context of globalization. Chapter titles and authors are as follows: "The Impact of Globalization on Adult Education (AE)" (Ove Korsgaard); "In Defense of Civil Society: Canadian AE in Neo-Conservative Times" (Michael…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Economically Disadvantaged, Employed Women
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Cruz, Barbara C.; Prorock, Carolyn V. – Social Education, 1997
Describes a lesson plan that uses on the ordinary life of women in Kenya as a means of introducing students to issues concerning women and work in Africa. Students compare the typical daily schedules of a rural and an urban Kenyan woman and examine their different sets of obligations. (MJP)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Cultural Background, Cultural Context
Commonwealth Secretariat, London (England). – 1988
This report documents programs linking education and work in the Commonwealth of Nations. It contains four parts: "Learning about Science and Technology Outside School: Project Review" (Keith Lewin, Roger Jones); "Education and Productive Work Linkages in the Formal and Non-Formal Educational Systems of the Commonwealth…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Apprenticeships, Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship