Private world(s) : gender and informal learning of adults /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ostrouch, Joanna (Editor), Vieira, Cristina C. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, [2015]
Series:Research on the education and learning of adults ; volume no. 3.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Gender and world(s) of informal learning
  • pt. I. Private spheres
  • Gender printed in a social mask : an exploration of resistance in adult education
  • (L)earning power : gender and power based on the commitment to marital relation
  • Not just for women : breast cancer, gender and informal learning in an exceptional situation
  • The value of informal learning for illiterate older women across the lifespan : perceptions of elderly women from a rural region of Portugal
  • pt. II. Minorities and activism
  • Bearded women : feminist activism in "La Barbe" as a form of informal adult learning
  • Against patterns of domination : migration as an act of empowerment and learning
  • Community men's sheds and informal learning : an exploration of their gendered roles
  • pt. III. (Non)formal contexts of informal learning
  • Gender and intergenerational programs
  • (In)formal education as a space for creating personal beliefs on gender
  • How they became different : life courses of women working successfully in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
  • Informal learning in the workplace : gender differences
  • Informal learning and gender : a revision for the future.