Women as learners
Subtitle: the significance of gender in adult learning
By: Elisabeth Hayes and Daniele D. Flannery ; with Ann K. Brooks, Elizabeth J. Tisdell, and Jane M. Hugo
Contributors: Flannery, Daniele D., 1942-
Edition: 1st ed
Series: The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Adult learning; Women -- Education; Feminism and education
Description: Together, the authors examine and compare the importance of such factors as sense of identity, self-esteem, social world, and power in what and how women learn. Drawing from extensive research and scholarship, as well as from personal stories, they reveal the numerous ways in which women experience the learning process. They explain, for example, how women often become personally connected to the object and process of learning. They also analyze these different experiences to show education and training professionals how to better design and conduct programs for women. Women as Learners offers specific recommendations to improve all types of formal and informal adult educational programs, including literacy education, counseling and support groups, workplace training, and professional development activities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index