research, policy and practice in women’s literacy chaired by dr. ian cheffy, sil international...
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research, policy and practice in
women’s literacy
Chaired by Dr. Ian Cheffy,
SIL International [email protected]
Presenters from the UK Literacy Working Group and the Literacy and Development Group at the University of East Anglia
research, policy and practice in
women’s literacy
Women’s literacy and development: an
academic research perspective
Prof. Anna Robinson-Pant
University of East [email protected]
What’s wrong with moving from this?
To this?
The relationship between women’s
literacy and development
How to engage with policy, given an increasing emphasis by governments and donors on an instrumental approach to women’s literacy?How to read and use ethnographic data in a policy and programme context?How to shift the policy and programme focus from women’s literacy to gender and literacy?
Current research challenges
research, policy and practice in
women’s literacy
An ethnographic study of China’s rural women and
their learning
Fusheng JiaUniversity of East Anglia
An ethnographic perspective: How Chinese rural women’s learning affects their capacity to cope with urbanization
• Rural urban migrant women workers in China assume multiple identities
• Generally lower formal educational qualifications
• Informal learning as playing a major role in women’s adaptation to urban areas
How are migrant women included and excluded from adult learning opportunities?
Lack of support from enterprises Government sponsored Dream
Fulfillment plans targeted at elite migrant workers with limits on age and household register
Women’s greater role evident in Dream Fulfillment plans
The future of rural women not only depends on their conscientization, but also on social inclusion
research, policy and practice in
women’s literacy
Women’s literacy and development:
an NGO perspective
Dr. Katy Newell-JonesBritish Association for
Literacy in [email protected]
Katy Newell-JonesWith thanks to Feed the Minds
Is there an issue around NGO accessto research?
How is research into
women’s literacy
being used by
NGOs?
What DONOR factors are at play?
Bridging the gap: an NGO perspective
too little.. limited academic links lack of a cost/benefit
relationship low commitment to
research publication lack of resources - high
(perceived) cost of partnership with HEIs
How is NGO
work
informing
academic
research into
women’s
literacy?
research, policy and practice in
women’s literacy
Practitioner-academic collaborations:
translating research into policy and
practice
Dr. Gina Lontoc University of East Anglia
What types of research data do NGOs integrate into their work on women's literacy?
To what extent are research
findings accessible to NGOs?
How do academic researchers
translate their findings into policy
and practice?
•Topic/content• Language• Database•Journal subscription
•NGO staff involvement•Access to
community and funding agencies•Dissemination grants
research, policy and practice in
women’s literacy
Family literacy and learning: learning
from practice
Dr. Clare Meade NIACE
Clare MeadeWith thanks to Family Literacy Providers
Valuing the literacy and learning of women and families- are their voices heard?
How can family literacy and learning be evidenced effectively to inform research?
Bridging the gap:
Main issues:• Target/agenda driven;• Data collected but lack
of infrastructure to process and use;
• Lack of academic links; • Lack of resources to
publish research.
How can family learning practitioners contribute most effectively to the academic debate and inform policy?
research, policy and practice in
women’s literacy
Rebuilding Cambodia: women
and literacy
Dr. Juliet McCafferyBritish Association for
Literacy in Development
Cambodia
Questions Can someone who does not know the
country or the language and does not have access to academic journals, or any other reports write an adult literacy curriculum with just a few weeks notice ?
What information do government departments have when planning? What form does this take – research articles, project reports, commissioned research?