Browsing Journal Article by Author "Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia"
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The construction of gender in Ugandan English textbooks: a focus on gendered discourses
Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia (Taylor and Francis, 2018)Informed by a feminist post-structural framework, this study departs from the overriding emphasis on explicit constructions of women in textbooks. It focuses on culturally implicit knowledge and/or gendered discourses ... -
From the classroom to the hospital ward: Dr Lydia Namatende-Sakwa on gender mainstreaming in Uganda
Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia (THEFT, 2019-08)My interest in gender equity was largely shaped by my experience as a young English teacher in a co-educational secondary school in Uganda. I completed both my primary and secondary education in single-sex schools which ... -
‘Gendering’ the text through implicit citations of gendered discourses: the construction of gender and teacher talk around children’s fiction
Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia (Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2019-04-08)This study departs from the overriding focus on textbooks, which disregards how readers take them up. Informed by feminist post-structural theory, I analyse the construction of gender in children's fiction texts used in a ... -
Government policy on science education in Uganda: A glass-ceiling for women’s access to higher education
Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia; Longman, Chia (2013)The paper assesses the Ugandan policy on science education and its implications for girls‟ access to higher education. The rationale behind this policy was to build capacity in the field of science in Uganda. Consequently, ... -
‘Madam, are you one of them?’ ‘Reflexivities of discomfort’ in researching an ‘illicit’ subject
Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia (Taylor and Francis, 2018)Informed largely by Affect theory (2004), this paper takes up ‘reflexivities of discomfort’ to reflexively engage with my affective struggles as a Christian, heterosexual, mother, educator, undertaking a study on ... -
Networked texts: discourse, power and gender neutrality in Ugandan physics textbooks
Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia (Taylor and Francis, 2018-11-15)Research within science textbooks has dominantly focused on examining explicit representations of women and men using quantitative methodology. The assumption that gendered arrangements are necessarily explicit and therefore ... -
Problems of Usage Labelling in English Lexicography
Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia (2011)Landau (1991: 217) stipulates that 'usage refers to any or all uses of language'. It is the study of good, correct, or standard uses of language as distinguished from bad, incorrect, and nonstandard uses of language. Usage ... -
The representation of gender in English textbooks in Uganda
Namatende-Sakwa, Lydia; Barton, Amanda (Taylor and Francis, 2012-06-29)The central role played by textbooks in children’s education in developing countries has been highlighted previously in this journal. This paper reports on how an English-language textbook used commonly in Ugandan secondary ...