Research articles (Dept of Adult Education): Recent submissions
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Beyond the rhetoric of empowerment: speak the language, live the experience of the rural poor
(Springer Netherlands. http://www.springerlink.com, 2006-05)Growth in rural communities, along with attendant changes in social, economic and environmental conditions, challenges members of these communities to take even more responsibility for their lives than in the past. While ... -
The perceived effects of field-based learning in building responsive partnerships for community development
(Oxford Journals. http://cdj.oxfordjournals.org, 2005)This paper argues for the use of field-based learning activities in the training of community-based extension workers (CBEWs). CBEWs are in a challenging position. They are expected to provide services to local communities ... -
Why HIV/AIDS prevention strategies fail in Botswana: considering discourses of sexuality
(Routledge. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0376835x.asp, 2005-09)A phenomenological study that was carried out among five ethnic groups of Botswana revealed the importance of taking into account culturally situated sexual realities when prevention policies for HIV/AIDS are considered ... -
Gender and minority issues in planning literacy education in Botswana
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2005)This empirical paper demonstrates that in spite of being a multiethnic society, literacy education in Botswana has ignored gender and cultural diversity. It demonstrates how planners endorsed a technocratic view of planning, ...