A poor women's pedagogy' : an exploration of learning in a housing social movement

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dc.contributor.advisorMama, Aminaen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorWalters, Shirleyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorIsmail, Salmaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-29T20:17:52Z
dc.date.available2014-07-29T20:17:52Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 270-284).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the critical role that adult education played in a housing social movement whose membership was mainly poor African women in informal settlements. In this social movement women have combined learning with the struggle to obtain social goods from the state. The study explores the interconnectedness between learning, development and social change. The conceptual framework developed from a feminist critique of popular education was applied in the methodology and yielded insights with regard to the learning of VM women. The feminist critique allowed for an exploration of the contradictions within popular education and people-centred development. In addition it provided a vocabulary to explain the learning and agency of VM women. The conceptual framework allowed me to argue that learning is contextual, and to analyse and understand learning in the micro-context (VM and the life changes and learning of VM women) it is necessary to examine the interaction between the macro-- (political, economic and policy context of South Africa) and micro-contexts. The interaction of these contexts has brought political opportunities to mobilise the agency of poor African women who were seeking solutions to their housing problems.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationIsmail, S. (2006). <i>A poor women's pedagogy' : an exploration of learning in a housing social movement</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3596en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationIsmail, Salma. <i>"A poor women's pedagogy' : an exploration of learning in a housing social movement."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3596en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationIsmail, S. 2006. A poor women's pedagogy' : an exploration of learning in a housing social movement. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Ismail, Salma AB - This study examines the critical role that adult education played in a housing social movement whose membership was mainly poor African women in informal settlements. In this social movement women have combined learning with the struggle to obtain social goods from the state. The study explores the interconnectedness between learning, development and social change. The conceptual framework developed from a feminist critique of popular education was applied in the methodology and yielded insights with regard to the learning of VM women. The feminist critique allowed for an exploration of the contradictions within popular education and people-centred development. In addition it provided a vocabulary to explain the learning and agency of VM women. The conceptual framework allowed me to argue that learning is contextual, and to analyse and understand learning in the micro-context (VM and the life changes and learning of VM women) it is necessary to examine the interaction between the macro-- (political, economic and policy context of South Africa) and micro-contexts. The interaction of these contexts has brought political opportunities to mobilise the agency of poor African women who were seeking solutions to their housing problems. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - A poor women's pedagogy' : an exploration of learning in a housing social movement TI - A poor women's pedagogy' : an exploration of learning in a housing social movement UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3596 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/3596
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationIsmail S. A poor women's pedagogy' : an exploration of learning in a housing social movement. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3596en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentGender Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherGender Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleA poor women's pedagogy' : an exploration of learning in a housing social movementen_ZA
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