School Knowledge and Its Relevance to Everyday Life in Rural Western Kenya

School Knowledge and Its Relevance to Everyday Life in Rural Western Kenya

This article examines the relevance of school knowledge in the context of everyday life using ethnographic data collected among primary schoolchildren and adults in rural western Kenya. Using the concept of the educated person as an analytical construct, it is shown how children in rural western Ke...

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Main Author:	W. Onyango-Ouma
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nordic Africa Research Network 2006-12-01
Series:	Nordic Journal of African Studies
Online Access:	https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/35

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