Views from the nano edge

Women on doctoral preparation programmes in selected African contexts

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4097463
AutoresCharmaine Williamson (0000-0001-5828-0541, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen41
Número5
Páginas859-873
Fecha de publicación2016-05-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2016.1147728
OpenAlexW2336721170
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas43

The study explored the conceptual views of ‘critical mass’, alongside micro experiences, of women, at a practice level, on a doctoral preparation programme which was implemented within the South African Development Community (SADC) and Ethiopian contexts. At the strategising level of policies, insufficient attention has been paid to the presence of women on doctoral preparation programmes and how individual women, in mutually aligned life circumstances with other women, and men, might advance gender equality outcomes. There are also theoretical gaps in relation to grand strategies in complex development contexts, such as gender and doctoral education, in terms of attending to how women access and/or experience these programmes. Using programme evaluation documents and participant observation, the research showed that viewing gender-targeting strategies differently opens up the possibilities for nano advances to be made, even in worlds of big complexities

Gender analysis · Higher education · Pedagogy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Mentoring and Academic Development · Psychology