Gender, Masculinities and Lifelong Learning.
Gender, Masculinities and Lifelong Learning reflects on current debates and discourses around gender and education, in which some academics, practitioners and policy-makers have referred to a crisis of masculinity. This book explores questions such as: Are men under-represented in education? Are wom...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781136294747 1136294740 0203115376 9780203115374 1299278906 9781299278905 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I: Concepts, theories and current debates; 1 Gender, masculinities and lifelong learning: entering the debate; 2 Ideology, discourse and gender: a theoretical framework; 3 Men and educational participation: is there a problem? Some findings from international surveys; Part II: Changing discourses and images; 4 'Educating Jake': a genealogy of Maori masculinity; 5 Images of men and learning: the impact of imperialism on settler masculinities and lifelong learning.
- 6 Gender, masculinities and migrants' learning experiences7 Men in United Kingdom adult and community education: the politics of practice and pedagogy; Part III: Gender, masculinities and learning in the life course; 8 Troubling boys and boys-only classes as the solution to 'the problem of underachieving boys'; 9 Learning about fatherhood for men in 'at risk' families; 10 Men's sheds, community learning and public policy; 11 Men's learning through community organizations: evidence from an Australian study.
- 12 Older men's perspectives on (re- )entering post-compulsory education: insights from a Scottish studyPart IV: Implications; 13 Implications for practice, research and policy; Index.