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The Impacts of International Service Learning on a Host Community in Kenya: Host Student Perspectives Related to Global Citizenship and Relative Deprivation
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Mogford, Elizabeth; Lyons, Christopher J. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2019
Despite recent calls, research on ISL has focused almost exclusively on learning outcomes for global North students. We know comparatively less about how ISL programs may impact the knowledge and perceptions of student participants from host countries in the global South. We examine learning outcomes for Kenyan students who interact with visiting…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Study Abroad, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Girls' Attitudes towards Science in Kenya
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Chetcuti, Deborah A.; Kioko, Beriter – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
This study investigated girls' attitudes towards science in Kenya. It was carried out with 120 girls from four secondary schools in the Eastern province of Kenya. These were an urban single-sex (SS) and co-educational (Co-Ed) school and a rural SS and Co-Ed school. Different schools were chosen in order to explore whether there are any differences…
Descriptors: Females, Student Attitudes, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
"Because I Am A Woman": Young Women's Resistance to Science Careers in Kenya.
Ndunda, Mutindi Mumbua Kiluva – 1990
Using the perspective of gender, this study examines the views of science and science-related careers held by students in Kenya. The study is directed at exposing the experiences that girls have of school science education within the historical and cultural context of Kenyan society. The rationale for the study draws on findings showing that…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Females, Foreign Countries, High Schools