Interpreting literacies : Moroccan women’s stories from the classroom
This research paper explain the ways in which local development associations provide literacy training to rural and peri-urban women in the region of Marrakech Tensift-Haouz, by describing the motivations of women to participate in literacy training, the classroom learning, and the outcomes of th...
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ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-BVAU.2429-154322014-03-14T15:48:17Z Interpreting literacies : Moroccan women’s stories from the classroom Breedon, Theo This research paper explain the ways in which local development associations provide literacy training to rural and peri-urban women in the region of Marrakech Tensift-Haouz, by describing the motivations of women to participate in literacy training, the classroom learning, and the outcomes of the training, in order to illustrate the influence the classes have on the learners, and to a lesser extent, the local development associations and literacy instructors that collaborate to provide the training. I argue that the literacy classes take on the form of "micro-public spheres" of exchange, information and assistance, and serve the multidimensional purpose for women to learn to read and write in Standard Arabic, debate the "politics in everyday life", and promote social and economic self-interests that enhance the collective interests of the household and community. In short, the literacy classes allow women to discuss and confront issues of subordination and exclusion, while at the same time allowing them to propose scenarios of inclusion, self-development and social justice, and help women in attendance acquire greater access to social power. Cette dissertation a pour sujet I'alphabetisation des femmes de la region de Marakesh Tensift-Haouz. Seront aussi discutees diverses associations de developpement local de la region - partie d'un mouvement social et civil grandissant au Maroc - qui ont atteints une certaine preeminence nationale par leurs efforts a offrir des cours en alphabetisme aux communautes marginalisees et/ou isolees. Le but est de presenter les methodes utilisees par ces associations de developpement pour promouvoir I'alphabetisme parmi les femmes en regions rurales et peri-urbaines, en decrivant les techniques de motivation, de formation en classe, et les effets de cette education, pour illustrer I'influence de cet enseignement sur les etudiantes ainsi que, a un effet moindre, sur les associations de developpement local et les instructeurs qui offrent cette formation. Je maintiendrai que cette formation offre plus que la chance d'apprendre I'Arabe standard pour les femmes qui assistent a la formation, car les cours prennent aussi la forme de « spheres micro-publiques », ou les sujets du domestique et de la communaute sont discutes. En presentant des idees pour trouver des solutions pratiques aux questions sociales et economiques, ces sessions d'alphabetisation aident les participantes a gagner un plus grand sens de pouvoir social. 2009-11-21T20:26:13Z 2009-11-21T20:26:13Z 2004 2009-11-21T20:26:13Z 2004-05 Electronic Thesis or Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/2429/15432 eng UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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This research paper explain the ways in which local development associations
provide literacy training to rural and peri-urban women in the region of Marrakech
Tensift-Haouz, by describing the motivations of women to participate in literacy training,
the classroom learning, and the outcomes of the training, in order to illustrate the
influence the classes have on the learners, and to a lesser extent, the local development
associations and literacy instructors that collaborate to provide the training. I argue that
the literacy classes take on the form of "micro-public spheres" of exchange, information
and assistance, and serve the multidimensional purpose for women to learn to read and
write in Standard Arabic, debate the "politics in everyday life", and promote social and
economic self-interests that enhance the collective interests of the household and
community. In short, the literacy classes allow women to discuss and confront issues of
subordination and exclusion, while at the same time allowing them to propose scenarios
of inclusion, self-development and social justice, and help women in attendance acquire
greater access to social power.
Cette dissertation a pour sujet I'alphabetisation des femmes de la region de
Marakesh Tensift-Haouz. Seront aussi discutees diverses associations de
developpement local de la region - partie d'un mouvement social et civil grandissant au
Maroc - qui ont atteints une certaine preeminence nationale par leurs efforts a offrir des
cours en alphabetisme aux communautes marginalisees et/ou isolees. Le but est de
presenter les methodes utilisees par ces associations de developpement pour
promouvoir I'alphabetisme parmi les femmes en regions rurales et peri-urbaines, en
decrivant les techniques de motivation, de formation en classe, et les effets de cette
education, pour illustrer I'influence de cet enseignement sur les etudiantes ainsi que, a
un effet moindre, sur les associations de developpement local et les instructeurs qui
offrent cette formation. Je maintiendrai que cette formation offre plus que la chance
d'apprendre I'Arabe standard pour les femmes qui assistent a la formation, car les cours
prennent aussi la forme de « spheres micro-publiques », ou les sujets du domestique et
de la communaute sont discutes. En presentant des idees pour trouver des solutions
pratiques aux questions sociales et economiques, ces sessions d'alphabetisation aident
les participantes a gagner un plus grand sens de pouvoir social. |
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