Swedish Study Circles Encounter Kenyan Chamas: A Case Study on the Global Interaction of Traditions in Non-Formal Adult Education

Autor/inn/en	Nordvall, Henrik; Wadende, Pamela A.; Amutabi, Maurice N.
Titel	Swedish Study Circles Encounter Kenyan Chamas: A Case Study on the Global Interaction of Traditions in Non-Formal Adult Education
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 42 (2023) 3, S.313-327 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nordvall, Henrik) ORCID (Wadende, Pamela A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
DOI	10.1080/02601370.2023.2201689
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Nonformal Education; Adult Education; Models; Communities of Practice; Self Help Programs; Nongovernmental Organizations; Transfer of Training; African Culture; Networks; Program Implementation; Agriculture; Kenya; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Analogiemodell; Community; Self help programmes; Selbsthilfebewegung; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Landwirtschaft; Kenia; Schweden
Abstract	This article reports an empirical case study of a community self-help group (chama) in Western Kenya, utilising the study circle model promoted by a Swedish non-governmental organisation. Methodologically, it is a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews and participant observation for data collection. The results show that the study circle idea was transferred and translated through a locally pre-existing social infrastructure for learning, i.e. a farming collective organised and based on the widespread Kenyan tradition of chama. When the chama embraced the study circle and made local sense of it, they did so by mainly sticking to the same form of meetings and activities they previously had. The added value of referring to the activity as a study circle was that it expanded the group's networks and increased its chances to invite specialists for consultation. Also, some increase in status for the group compared to other (non-study circle) chamas was noted. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01