Gender, Masculinities and Lifelong Learning (Paperback)

Section I:Concepts, Theories andCurrent Debates 1. Gender, masculinities and lifelong learning: entering the debate 2. Ideology, discourse and gender: a theoretical framework 3. Men and educational participation: is there a problem? Some findings from international surveys SectionII: Changing Discourses and Images 4. ‘Educating Jake’: A genealogy of M?ori masculinity 5. Images of men and learning: the impact of imperialism on settler masculinities and lifelong learning 6. Gender, masculinities and migrants’ learning experiences 7. Men in United Kingdom adult and community education: the politics of practice and pedagogy Section III: Gender, Masculinities and learning in the Life Course 8. Troubling boys and boys-only classes as the solution to ‘the problem of underachieving boys’ 9. Learning about fatherhood for Men in ‘at risk’ Families 10. Men’s sheds, community learning and public policy 11. Men’s learning through community organisations: evidence from an Australian study 12. Older men’s perspectives on (re-)entering post-compulsory education: insights from a Scottish study Section IV: Implications 13. Implications for practice, research and policy