Dilemmas of Development: The Village Polytechnic Movement as a Shadow System of Education in Kenya. Discussion Paper No. 156.

Autor/in	Court, David
Institution	Nairobi Univ. (Kenya). Inst. for Development Studies.
Titel	Dilemmas of Development: The Village Polytechnic Movement as a Shadow System of Education in Kenya. Discussion Paper No. 156.
Quelle	(1972), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Education; Career Development; Community Attitudes; Community Responsibility; Community Schools; Comparative Analysis; Conventional Instruction; Developing Nations; Educational Assessment; Educational Experiments; Educational Philosophy; Educational Theories; Employment; Employment Problems; Foreign Countries; Job Training; Nontraditional Education; Relevance (Education); Rural Development; Vocational Training Centers; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademische Bildung; Berufsentwicklung; Community school; ; Gemeindeschule; Gemeinschaftsschule; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Schulversuch; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Dienstverhältnis; Beschäftigungssituation; Ausland; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Relevance; Relevanz; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Vocational training center; Vocational training centre; Vocational training centres; Ausbildungseinrichtung; Berufsaufbauschule; Kenia
Abstract	Despite rising sentiment, the decision to "de-school" society seems premature unless it derives from a comparative empirical assessment of school and nonschool educational programs' relative contributions to national goals. One of many new alternative systems, Kenya's village polytechnics (low-cost primary training centers in rural areas) are widely perceived to be alleviating unemployment and manifesting self-help. The polytechnic is significant as an ideological movement whose essence is an attempt to break away from conventional concepts and to develop types of training rooted in practical local and individual needs, conveying a sense of individual purpose and a capacity for continuing self-instruction. Data are used to illustrate the movement's achievements, problems, and potential in the task of national development--its major problems have derived from the pervasiveness of the ethic of formal schooling; part of the movement's achievement and much of its potential lie in the extent to which the polytechnics have nevertheless exemplified significant new principles of education: flexibility, availability, individualization, and relevance. The data suggest, however, that the alternative system must await modifications in the present social structure linking schooling and wage incentives before it can have extensive impact on educational philosophy and practice in Kenya. (Author/AJ)
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