Gender and lifelong learning : critical feminist engagements /
Carole Leathwood and Becky Francis Routledge.
- xii, 214 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : gendering lifelong learning / Unprotected participation in lifelong learning and the politics of hope : a feminist reality check of discourses around flexibility, seamlessness and learner earners / Locating the learner within EU policy : trajectories, complexities, identities / Gendered constructions of lifelong learning and the learner in the UK policy context / Troubling trajectories : gendered 'choices' and pathways from school to work / Masculinities, femininities and resistance to participation in post-compulsory education / Fair access? : exploring gender, access and participation beyond entry to higher education / Community education : participation, risk and desire / From childcare practitioner to FE tutor : biography, identity and lifelong learning / Disability, gender and identity : the experiences of disabled students in higher education / The in/visible journey : black women's lifelong lessons in higher education / Older women as lifelong learners / War and diaspora as lifelong learning contexts for immigrant women / Conclusion / Carole Leathwood and Becky Francis -- Jill Blackmore -- Jacky Brine -- Carole Leathwood -- Becky Francis -- Louise Archer -- Penny Jane Burke -- Lyn Tett -- Helen Colley -- Sheila Riddell -- Heidi Safia Mirza -- Barbara Kamler -- Shahrzad Mojab -- Becky Francis and Carole Leathwood. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
"Lifelong learning is a key feature of the educational landscape today. This important book breaks new ground in examining issues of gender in relation to lifelong learning. Drawing on policy analysis and research in the UK, European and global arenas, Gender and Lifelong Learning demonstrates the ways in which patterns of access to, participation in, and outcomes of lifelong learning reflect gender divisions and power relations. The scope of the book is wide-ranging. Divided into three sections, the discussion encompasses school, adult, community, further and higher education. The issues covered include gendered subject 'choices', reasons for non-participation and pedagogies of lifelong learning. There are also fascinating chapters that explore the widening of participation, the experiences of disabled students, and the visibility/invisibility of black women in higher education. Utilizing many different theoretical and methodological approaches, the book offers a range of critical; feminist engagements to make visible, understand and critique gender inequalities in lifelong learning. A key theme throughout the book is a critique of neoliberalism and of the dominance of economic rationales in shaping the concept of lifelong learning. Yet the book offers not only criticism of current policies and practices, but also alternative visions, different possibilities and new ways of conceptualizing and doing lifelong learning that might better reflect social justice concerns. It also includes many ideas and suggestions that can be practically drawn upon, and the concluding chapter ends with a summary of key implications for both policy-makers and practitioners."--Publisher description.