Innovations in science and technology education: vol. vii

This volume addresses inequalities in access to science and technology education, as well as the quality of education provided. The volume focuses on gender inequalities and socio-cultural barriers in access to education in Africa. There is an emphasis on science and technology training systems, and the progress of women's opportunities in science and technology vocational education. The volume is divided into four parts: (1) Gender and science, technology and vocational education: the issues; (2) Gender and science, technology and vocational education: some regional overviews; (3) Gender, science and technology and vocational education project, programmes and research networks in sub-Saharan Africa: some case studies; and (4) Breaking the mould. Chapters included in this volume are: Gender and science, technology and vocational education: a review of issues / Edgar W. Jenkins; Girl's participation in scientific, technical and vocational education and related careers in sub-Saharan Africa / Anna Maria Hoffmann-Barthes, Shamila Nair and Diana Malpede; Gender and science, technology and vocational education in the Arab world / Marit Fosse-Ayoub; Gender and science, technology and vocational education in Asia and the Pacific / Leonie J. Rennie; Innovations in gender and science, technology and vocational education in Europe and North America / Jan Harding; Women and scientific, technological and vocational education in Latin America and the Caribbean / Beatriz Macedo and Jose A. Marinez; Projects, programmes and research networks / Jane N. Mulemwa; Case studies: Benin, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Breaking the mould / Edgar W. Jenkins.