This insightful book is ideal for students, researchers and policy makers wanting a sound overview of the critical issues of gender in lifelong learning. Asking pertinent questions relating to discourses on policy, the authors offer the reader a rare view of lifelong learning from a gender-focused perspective, filling a gap in the literature and moving current debate on into new areas. Questions addressed include:

• To what extent can the policy discourses and institutional contexts of lifelong learning be seen as masculinised and/or feminised?
• What are the gender implications of lifelong learning policy?
• In what ways are learners' identities constructed through lifelong learning?
• Does lifelong learning provide opportunities to challenge or transgress gender binaries?
• What are the implications for practice?

About the Author

Carole Leathwood is Reader in Education at the Institute for Policy Studies in Education, London Metropolitan University, UK.

Becky Francis is Professor of Education at Roehampton University, UK.

Reviews

'With this book, the criticism is complete and perfect, the arguments very well built and attractive and the situations and examples are so real.' - Studies in the Education of Adults

Book Information
ISBN 9780415374859
Author Carole Leathwood
Format Paperback
Page Count 228
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 317g