Title: Gender, masculinities, and lifelong learning /
Authors: Bowl, Marion.
Date: 2012
Publisher: Routledge,
Physical description: xi, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC class: L
Abstract: "If feminism is still an ongoing project after 60-odd years, then why has the backlash been so long in the coming?This edited volume reflects on current debate around gender in education, where academics, practitioners and policy-makers are beginning to refer to a crisis of masculinity. Why is there an under-representation of men in education? Why do women increasingly outstrip men in terms of achievement? Is it possible men are becoming educationally disadvantaged?Drawing on research from the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada the contributors reveal the full spectrum of issues at hand in gender inequality in education. Other forces which have comparable impacts, and which intersect with gender include class, ethnicity and age as well as colonisation. In the light of this, the book provides both evidence and argument to illuminate contemporary debates about the involvement of women and men in education. Importantly, this book critically addresses some of the taken-for-granted beliefs about men and their engagement in lifelong learning, presenting new evidence to demonstrate the complexity of gender and education today. With these complexities in mind, the authors develop new frameworks and questions which provide a theoretical basis to develop further understanding of the many issues involve with gender and lifelong learning.This book will be of interest to any practitioner open to the fresh ideas and approaches in teaching and programming needed when taking into account the differences both between men and women and among men and women"-- "Gender, Masculinities and Lifelong Learning reflects on current debate around gender in education, where academics, practitioners and policy-makers are beginning to refer to a crisis of masculinity. Why is there an under-representation of men in education? Why do women increasingly outstrip men in terms of achievement? Is it possible men are becoming educationally disadvantaged? Drawing on research from the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada the contributors reveal the full spectrum of issues in gender inequality in education. Other forces which have comparable impacts, and which intersect with gender include class, ethnicity and age as well as colonisation. In the light of this, the book provides both evidence and argument to illuminate contemporary debates about the involvement of women and men in education, including: - International surveys on men and educational participation - Gender, masculinities and migrants' learning experiences - Boys-only classes as the solution to 'the problem of underachieving boys' - Community learning and public policy - Older men's perspectives on (re-)entering post-compulsory education - Implications for practice, research and policy Importantly, this book critically addresses some of the taken-for-granted beliefs about men and their engagement in lifelong learning, presenting new evidence to demonstrate the complexity of gender and education today. With these complexities in mind, the authors develop new frameworks and questions which provide a theoretical basis to develop further understanding of the many issues involve with gender and lifelong learning"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents: Concepts, theories and current debates. Gender, masculinities and lifelong learning : entering the debate / Marion Bowl and Robert Tobias -- Ideology, discourse and gender : a theoretical framework / Marion Bowl and Robert Tobias -- Men and educational participation : is there a problem? : some findings from international surveys / Robert Tobias and Marion Bowl -- Changing discourses and images. "Educating Jake" : a genealogy of Māori masculinity / Brendan Hokowhitu -- Images of men and learning : the impact of imperialism on settler masculinities and lifelong learning / Robert Tobias -- Gender, masculinities and migrants' learning experiences / Steve Jordan and Linda Trimble -- Men in United Kingdom adult and community education : the politics of practice and pedagogy / Rebecca O'Rourke -- Gender, masculinities and learning in the life course. Troubling boys and boys-only classes as the solution to "the problem of underachieving boys" / Graeme Ferguson -- Learning about fatherhood for men in "at risk" families / Jeffrey Gage -- Men's sheds, community learning and public policy / Barry Golding -- Men's learning through community organisations : evidence from an Australian study / Barry Golding -- Older men's perspectives on (re- )entering post-compulsory education : insights from a Scottish study / Brian Findsen and Brett McEwen -- Implications. Implications for practice, research and policy / Marion Bowl.