TY - JOUR
AU - Unterhalter, Elaine
AB - This article examines Amartya Sen's writings on the capabilities approach and                education. Sen sometimes suggests a loose association between education and                schooling. Elsewhere he concludes that one can read off the outputs of schooling as                an indication of capabilities and an enhancement of freedom. While the capability                approach provides a valuable way beyond human capital theorizing about education,                Sen's writing fails to take account of the complex settings in which schooling takes                place. Sometimes schooling does not entail an enhancement of capabilities and                substantive freedom. South African policy responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic                highlight how using the capability approach to evaluation without paying attention                to conditions of gender and race inequality yield only half the picture.
TI - The Capabilities Approach and Gendered Education
JF - Theory and Research in Education
DO - 10.1177/1477878503001001002
DA - 2003-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/the-capabilities-approach-and-gendered-education-rpn4WeiVof
SP - 7
EP - 22
VL - 1
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -