Reconceptualising Lifelong Learning: Feminist Interventions Contributor(s): Jackson, Sue (Author), Burke, Penny Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415376157 ISBN-13: 9780415376150 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Adult & Continuing Education - Education | Educational Policy & Reform |
Dewey: 374 |
LCCN: 2006038584 |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.77 lbs) 244 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Arising from work by the Gender and Lifelong Learning Group of the Gender and Education Association, this book presents reconceptualisations of lifelong learning. It argues that the current field of lifelong learning is based on certain hidden values and assumptions and examines the mechanisms by which exclusionary discourses and practices are reproduced and maintained. The book opens up ways of conceptualising learning that takes into account multiple and shifting formations of learners from different social contexts. The authors broaden what counts as learning and who counts as a learner, offering different understandings of lifelong learning that are able to include currently marginalised values and principles. Organised in four sections the book looks at:
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