Men learning through life
By: edited by Barry Golding, Rob Mark and Annette Foley
Publisher: NIACE
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781862018280; 9781862018297
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Continuing education; Cross-cultural studies; Men; Education; Adult education
Description: Concerns about men's attitudes to and involvement in lifelong learning have recently emerged in many countries. There is a growing interest in finding ways to increase men's participation and to promote practices that will contribute to men's learning and wellbeing, particularly in the contexts and life stages for men beyond paid work. As the definitive text on this subject, Men Learning through Life showcases international contributions that examine the evidence from theory, research, policy, and practice, and is illustrated with case studies. The book does so through a comparison with the learning and wellbeing experiences of women. As an implicitly connected issue, it also presents evidence and builds a case for the initial education of boys to receive particular attention, in order to break the inter-generational cycles of aversion to learning for some men and some communities. The book will inform national and international policies and practices related to the learning and wellbeing of men. This is of particular importance in the current context of: the rise of men's unemployment as an outcome of the recent global financial crisis; population ageing; the early withdrawal of predominantly working-class men from paid work; and concerns about men's functional literacies, health, and wellbeing in many developed nations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Men learning through life / Barry Golding, Rob Mark and Annette Foley; title: Men's learning in international settings / Barry Golding; title: Men's health and wellbeing : learning through the lifecourse / John Macdonald; title: Empowering men to learn through literacy / Rob Mark; title: The case for some men's spaces / Annette Foley; title: Learning beyond the workplace / Barry Golding; title: Men and boys : ages and stages / Annette Foley and Barry Golding; title: Men's sheds : a new movement for change / Barry Golding; title: Men's learning in the UK / Rob Mark and Jim Soulsby; title: Men's learning in Ireland / Lucia Carragher, John Evoy and Rob Mark; title: Men's learning in Portugal / António Fragoso, João Filipe Marques and Milene Lança; title: Men's learning in Greece / Georgios K. Zarifis; title: Men's learning in China / Aijing Jin, Zhao Tingyan, Liang Hua and Barry Golding; title: Men's learning in Australia / Barry Golding and Annette Foley; title: Men's learning in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Brian Findsen; title: Men's turn to learn? : discussion and conclusion / Barry Golding, Rob Mark and Annette Foley.