Martha Kamwendo
Biographic Data
| ID | 6559861 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martha Kamwendo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martha |
| FAMILY NAME | Kamwendo |
| SIGNATURE | KAMWENDO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Malawian Teachers' Perceptions of Gender and Achievement in the Context of Girls' Underachievement
This article examines a group of Malawian teachers' views of the relationship between gender and achievement in order to highlight their participation in students' constructions of gendered identities, which in turn have an impact on achievement. Based on a survey with 35 teachers and interviews with 20 of them, the study on which this article is based shows how teachers position boys as high achievers and girls as low achievers. The teachers dre…
Constructions of Malawian boys and girls on gender and achievement
Gender differences in achievement have been widely documented and a number of feminists, particularly from the West, have used the concept of identity to explain them. This paper draws on constructions on gender and achievement generated through surveying 59 boys and 103 girls from four secondary schools, as well as interviewing 40 of the girls in order to contribute to our understanding of identity construction in an African context. The data sh…
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Constructions of Malawian boys and girls on gender and achievement
Gender differences in achievement have been widely documented and a number of feminists, particularly from the West, have used the concept of identity to explain them. This paper draws on constructions on gender and achievement generated through surveying 59 boys and 103 girls from four secondary schools, as well as interviewing 40 of the girls in order to contribute to our understanding of identity construction in an African context. The data sh…
Malawian Teachers' Perceptions of Gender and Achievement in the Context of Girls' Underachievement
This article examines a group of Malawian teachers' views of the relationship between gender and achievement in order to highlight their participation in students' constructions of gendered identities, which in turn have an impact on achievement. Based on a survey with 35 teachers and interviews with 20 of them, the study on which this article is based shows how teachers position boys as high achievers and girls as low achievers. The teachers dre…
Developmental psychology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Context (archaeology (1 work) · Early Childhood Education and Development (1 work) · Femininity (1 work) · Gender identity (1 work)