Gender and Lifelong Learning

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