Rural Cultural Wealth in African Education: A Nigerian Example

• In Event: Saturday Roundtable Session 3:05 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Exploring Aspiration and Community Wealth in Rural Places (Table 27)

Abstract

Globally, rural educational systems and communities are facing varied issues that impact the holistic well-being of residents ranging from the need to increase access to health and educational resources to addressing food and housing insecurities. To improve the educational outcomes of rural students and inform how the resourcefulness, ingenuity, familism, and unity found within rural communities can be harnessed to improve education globally, we expound upon the rural cultural wealth conceptual framework, translating to the Nigerian context.

Authors

• Crystal Renee Chambers, East Carolina University

• Victor Ihuka, East Carolina University

• Loni Crumb, East Carolina University