Description

Gender and Education in Kenya explores the intersections of curriculum, pedagogy, policy, and gender. The contributors study depictions of gender in textbooks, the presence and roles of girls and women within classrooms in Kenya, and female leadership in education, arguing that, despite recent policies put in place by the Kenyan government to ensure gender parity in education, there is still a need to make curriculum more gender responsive. Gender and Education in Kenya examines the disparity between male and female representation in education and advocate for more training for teachers about gender-related educational policies and implementing gender-responsive objectives in classrooms. The collection concludes with a study of the intersection of gender and disability with a chapter that explores the additional challenges for a blind girl in school and the lack of policies in place to help disabled students.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Esther Mukewa Lisanza

Part 1: Gender and Curriculum

Chapter 1: Gender Issues in Kiswahili Set Books in Kenya
Catherine Mwihaki Ndungo

Chapter 2: Girls v. Boys: Gender Depiction in English Language Textbooks in Kenya's Elementary Schools
Mokaya Bosire and Zulekha Khamisi

Chapter 3: Curriculum and Gender: The Case of Primary School Social Studies Textbooks in Kenya
Esther Mukewa Lisanza

Chapter 4: The Complexities of Gender in High School History Classrooms in Kenya
Anne Rotich

Part 2: Girls' Education, Leadership, and Blindness

Chapter 5: Learning from What has Worked in Women School Leadership and Girls' Education in Kenya
Damari Choti

Chapter 6: Gazing at the Stars: Blind Women, Gender, and Education in Kenya
Leonora Anyango-Kivuva

Conclusion
Esther Mukewa Lisanza

Product details

Published Apr 28 2021
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 150
ISBN 9781793634924
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 13 tables;
Dimensions 228 x 164 mm
Series Gender and Sexuality in Africa and the Diaspora
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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