Devine, Dympna and Samonova, Elena and Bolotta, Giuseppe and Sugrue, Ciaran and Sloan, Seaneen and Symonds, Jennifer and Capistrano, Daniel and Crean, Margaret (2021) Gendering childhood(s) and engagement with schooling in rural Sierra Leone. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. pp. 1-18. ISSN 0305-7925

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Abstract

In spite of widespread initiatives to improve access to education for girls, substantive concerns remain. While there is a rich and growing body of literature on gendered experiences of school in majority world contexts, absent is a focus on how this intersects with children’s out of school lives. Further, research with children in rural communities is limited, including those who are in the earlier years of their schooling. This paper addresses these gaps, focusing on gendered dynamics in the everyday lives of children in five rural communities in Northern Sierra Leone. Drawing on Bourdieu, it explores the dialectical interplay between gendered and generational structures, understood as the gendered habitus, in a wider context of structural poverty, uneven and fragile post-colonial restructuring and development. This sets the groundwork for children’s gendered dis/positioning, and ultimately capacity to engage with schooling.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: Dympna Devine, Elena Samonova, Giuseppe Bolotta, Ciaran Sugrue, Seaneen Sloan, Jennifer Symonds, Daniel Capistrano & Margaret Crean (2021) Gendering childhood(s) and engagement with schooling in rural Sierra Leone, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2020.1868976
Keywords:	Gender; generation; childhood; schooling; Bourdieu; Africa;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Applied Social Studies
Item ID:	16680
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2020.1868976
Depositing User:	Dr Margaret Crean
Date Deposited:	09 Nov 2022 09:18
Journal or Publication Title:	Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis online
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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