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Does the Village Still Raise the Child?: A Collaborative Study of Changing Child-Rearing and Early Education in Kenya

By Beth Blue Swadener , Margaret Kabiru , Anne Njenga

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
2000
ISBN
079144757X, 9780791447574, 9780585426488
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1536135 bytes)
Series
Early Childhood Education
Pages
322\337
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Considers the impacts of rapid social, economic, and cultural change on child-rearing and early education in Kenya. Examining the degree to which Kenyan children are still communally raised, this book presents findings from a national collaborative study considering the impacts of rapid social, economic, and cultural change on child-rearing and early education in Kenya. The narratives of over 460 parents, grandparents, preschool teachers, children, and community leaders provide unique insights on the impacts of neo-colonial policies, "development" practices, and national austerity measures on everyday lives of families. A unique aspect of this book is that it "decolonizes" research through sustained collaboration on all aspects of the study, from design and interview protocol development, to data collection and analysis, through dissemination. This book becomes, then, an invaluable model, for how to do thoughtful, collaborative, comparative research.

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