| dc.creator | Court, David | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-05T12:55:20Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-05T12:55:20Z | |
| dc.date | 1972 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T12:56:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T12:56:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Court, David. (1972) Dilemmas of development: the village polytechnic movement as a shadow system of education in Kenya. Discussion Paper 156, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/513 | |
| dc.identifier | 318661 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1867 | |
| dc.description | The need for training which complements the established formal
school system in Kenya is indicated by the growth of the National Youth
Service, Youth Centres and Village Polytechnics. This paper contends
that the particular significance of the Village Polytechnic Movement
lies not simply in its reflection of the 'Harambee' spirit and its role
in vocational training, but also in the fact that it may contain the first
faint stirrings of a new educational ideology for Kenya. The purpose of
the paper is to identify from the recent experience of polytechnics some
of the significant features of this emerging ideology.
A model of formal institutional secondary schooling is used to
contrast the ideals of the Village Polytechnic Movement which aim to
create a type of training rooted in individual experience and local need.
The main part of the paper draws on survey data to illustrate some of
the dilemmas which polytechnics are facing in their attempt to give
substance to these ideals. The data reveal the strength and pervasiveness
of the myth of institutional schooling in patterning the development of
polytechnics. Despite this influence however it is clear that certain
polytechnics do exemplify significant new educational, principles and hold
out the potential of an important contribution to solving problems
associated with youth employment and occupation. Five distinct types
of polytechnic are identified and briefly discussed. Salient among the
principles which they exemplify is the utility of the notion of trainingas-
work in the search for a relevant educational response to the developmental
needs of rural communities. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion Papers;156 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Economic Development | |
| dc.subject | Education | |
| dc.title | Dilemmas of development: the village polytechnic movement as a shadow system of education in Kenya | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
