Pragmatism and the Primary School

The Case of a Non-rural Village

Bibliographic Data

ID2510439
AuthorsJoyce Lewinger Moock (corresponding author)
Year1973
Volume43
Issue4
Pages302-316
Publication date1973-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1159258
OpenAlexW1985114962
LanguageEN
Citations received12

IntroductionThe aim of this paper is to analyse the educational needs of one small community in Kenya in terms of its changing socio-economic patterns, and to show how attitudes towards the school system have their roots within this setting. The data are drawn from a nineteen-month study in South Maragoli Location of Kakamega District, Western Province. As part of a larger study concerning the effects of labour migration upon agricultural enterprise, a tracer project was conducted on 139 Standard VII leavers from three primary schools, situated within a one-mile radius, to learn the leaver's employment expectations, his family background, the network connections by which he enters into the labour market, and finally the way in which the community interprets and manipulates the school system to suit its particular needs. The statistical data presented have so far emerged from the school study and from a larger sub-location sample of 159 households. While several questionnaires, intended as cross-checks were administered to students and parents, the qualitative material results from an intensive study utilizing anthropological field techniques in the schools' constituent villages

Economic growth · Economics · Field (mathematics · Geography · Mathematics education · Sample (material · Situated · Sociology · Education Systems and Policy · Multilingual Education and Policy · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology

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