Men learning through life / edited by Barry Golding, Rob Mark and Annette Foley.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One -- 1. Men learning through life / Barry Golding, Rob Mark and Annette Foley -- 2. Men's learning in international settings / Barry Golding -- 3. Men's health and wellbeing: Learning through the lifecourse / John Macdoanld -- 4. Empowering men to learn through literacy / Rob Mark -- 5. The case for some men's spaces / Annette Foley -- 6. Learning beyond the workplace / Barry Golding -- 7. Men and boys. Ages and stages / Annette Foley and Barry Golding -- -- Part Two -- 9. Men's learning in the UK / Rob Mark and Jim Soulsby -- 10. Men's learning in Ireland / Lucia Carragher, John Evoy and Rob Mark -- 11. Men's learning in Portugal / Antonio Fragoso, Joao Filipe Marques and Milene Lanca -- 12. Men's learning in Greece / Georgios K. Zarifis -- 13. Men's learning in China / Aijing Jin, Zhao Tingyan, Liang Hua and Barry Golding -- 14. Men's learning in Australia / Barry Goldong and Annette Foley -- 15. Men's learning in Aotearoa New Zealand / Brian Findsen -- 16. Men's turn to learn? Discussion and conclusion / Barry Golding, Rob Mark and Annette Foley.

"Concerns about men's attitudes to and involvement in lifelong and life-wide learning have recently emerged in many countries. There is a growing interest in finding ways to increase men's participation and promote practices that will contribute to men's learning and wellbeing, particularly in contexts and life stages for men beyond paid work. Men Learning Through Life, the definitive text on this subject, showcases expert international contributions presenting and examining evidence from theory, research, policy and practice, illustrated with case studies. As an implicitly connected issue, the book also presents evidence and builds a case for the initial education of boys to receive particular attention, in order to break intergenerational cycles of aversion to learning for some men and some communities."--Publisher's website.