Childhood Learning, Life Skills and Well-Being in Adult Life: A Senegalese Case

Autor/in	Daun, Holger
Titel	Childhood Learning, Life Skills and Well-Being in Adult Life: A Senegalese Case
Quelle	In: Comparative Education, 46 (2010) 4, S.409-428 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068
Schlagwörter	Human Capital; Developing Nations; Islamic Culture; Labor Market; Foreign Countries; Well Being; Religious Education; Longitudinal Studies; Comparative Analysis; Elementary Education; Low Income; Heuristics; Comparative Education; Daily Living Skills; Educational Background; Gender Differences; Individualism; Senegal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humankapital; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Islam; Kultur; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Ausland; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Elementarunterricht; Niedriglohn; Heuristik; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Alltagsfertigkeit; Vorbildung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Individualismus
Abstract	Education is not easily converted into human capital and well-being in low-income countries, because these countries do not have a high degree of economic and labour market differentiation that makes it possible to convert acquired knowledge and skills. Consequently, to have completed primary or even secondary education does not necessarily lead to a better life situation than some types of Islamic education. This paper reports findings from an ongoing longitudinal research project in Senegal. The study compares the relationships between educational/learning background, life skills and well-being in adult life among individuals who attended primary school, Quranic, Arabic or Indigenous learning systems at the beginning of the 1980s. The findings illustrate some of the complexities in the relationships between, on the one hand, education and life skills and, on the other hand, individual well-being in a low-income society. Since this study enters into an area that has not been very much researched, this study is explorative and employs concepts heuristically. Some findings in relation to different theoretical approaches are also discussed here. (Contains 3 tables, 4 figures, and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10