Now i know the transcripts better, it occured to me, the difference between the fellows' purposes is not so much where they are in their career but where they are in a learning process. It is important to say that this learning path will be different for everyone and will have different destinations, but roughly it boils down to three types of learning (now is this Kitchener? If any passer by can help me with a reference i would be grateful)
- individual. The fellow is interested in improving her skills and career prospects, networking, becoming more visible and being more productive (individual learning in group setting)
- social. The fellow is interested in collaborating with others on project proposals, sharing the AWARD Skills and message forward to others, sensitizing men, helping girls in schools, but WITHIN the existing paradigm (group learning in group setting)
- societal. The fellow is interested in changing the context, the environment within which she is working. She wants to set agendas and influence policy with an eye firmly on alleviating poverty and changing the role of African women in agriculture. Game-changing change.