From Learning to Empowerment: A study of smallholder farmers in South West Uganda

he relationship between education and empowerment has been widely debated in development literature. In recent times, social capital and community-centric learning have been increasingly recognized as important variables in the empowerment process. This paper outlines the development of a Three-dime...

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Autores principales:	Alexis M. Carr, Moses Tenywa, K. Balasubramanian
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Publicado:	Commonwealth of Learning 2015
Materias:	learning empowerment education non-formal education agriculture extension Theory and practice of education LB5-3640
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:15426ca3bfa04d248b8e474dbee2731a2021-12-03T22:38:16ZFrom Learning to Empowerment: A study of smallholder farmers in South West Uganda2311-1550https://doaj.org/article/15426ca3bfa04d248b8e474dbee2731a2015-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/124https://doaj.org/toc/2311-1550he relationship between education and empowerment has been widely debated in development literature. In recent times, social capital and community-centric learning have been increasingly recognized as important variables in the empowerment process. This paper outlines the development of a Three-dimensional Framework for Empowerment, and looks at the relationship between a community-centric learning process and empowerment in selected villages in Uganda. Based on a comparative study of two villages, the paper evaluates the role of the Lifelong Learning for Farmers (L3F) programme, developed and supported by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), in empowering farming communities. The study shows that the integration of human capital (viewed purely from learning, knowledge acquisition, reflective practices, skills and competencies) social capital and financial capital, has a positive impact on development outcomes such as empowerment.Alexis M. CarrMoses TenywaK. BalasubramanianCommonwealth of Learningarticlelearningempowermenteducationnon-formal educationagricultureextensionTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENJournal of Learning for Development, Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp 1-15 (2015)
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description	he relationship between education and empowerment has been widely debated in development literature. In recent times, social capital and community-centric learning have been increasingly recognized as important variables in the empowerment process. This paper outlines the development of a Three-dimensional Framework for Empowerment, and looks at the relationship between a community-centric learning process and empowerment in selected villages in Uganda. Based on a comparative study of two villages, the paper evaluates the role of the Lifelong Learning for Farmers (L3F) programme, developed and supported by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), in empowering farming communities. The study shows that the integration of human capital (viewed purely from learning, knowledge acquisition, reflective practices, skills and competencies) social capital and financial capital, has a positive impact on development outcomes such as empowerment.
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title	From Learning to Empowerment: A study of smallholder farmers in South West Uganda
title_short	From Learning to Empowerment: A study of smallholder farmers in South West Uganda
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From Learning to Empowerment: A study of smallholder farmers in South West Uganda

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