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Men Learning Through Life (and Men’s Sheds)

Men Learning Through Life (and Men’s Sheds) 594152 ALXXXX10.1177/1045159515594152Adult LearningAdult Learning research-article2015 ADULT LEARNING November 2015 Futures Barry Golding, PhD his Futures column shares insights about men’s women’s sector, where many older men do not feel learning beyond work, based on several welcomed: Indeed, some men feel patronized. Veronica Tdecades of research in men’s learning in McGivney (1999) documented the nature and extent of international community contexts, summarized in our missing men in adult education and training. She found recent book, Men Learning Through Life (Golding, that although the percentages of men and women Mark, & Foley, 2014). involved in education are similar in most developed In the final chapter, we ask why men’s learning and nations, older men are largely absent. In essence, when men’s sheds have recently been widely embraced in learning becomes more discretionary and less places like Australia but not in the United States and hands-on or vocational, many older men tend not to Canada. In the 1960s and 1970s, Australian masculinity participate. was defined by dominance and In most developed nations, the athleticism; yet, by the 1990s, overwhelming emphasis of adult Australia led a critical examination The products and education is on vocational training. of masculinities. Very little thought is given http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

Men Learning Through Life (and Men’s Sheds)

Adult Learning , Volume 26 (4): 3 – Nov 1, 2015

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1045-1595
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594152 ALXXXX10.1177/1045159515594152Adult LearningAdult Learning research-article2015 ADULT LEARNING November 2015 Futures Barry Golding, PhD his Futures column shares insights about men’s women’s sector, where many older men do not feel learning beyond work, based on several welcomed: Indeed, some men feel patronized. Veronica Tdecades of research in men’s learning in McGivney (1999) documented the nature and extent of international community contexts, summarized in our missing men in adult education and training. She found recent book, Men Learning Through Life (Golding, that although the percentages of men and women Mark, & Foley, 2014). involved in education are similar in most developed In the final chapter, we ask why men’s learning and nations, older men are largely absent. In essence, when men’s sheds have recently been widely embraced in learning becomes more discretionary and less places like Australia but not in the United States and hands-on or vocational, many older men tend not to Canada. In the 1960s and 1970s, Australian masculinity participate. was defined by dominance and In most developed nations, the athleticism; yet, by the 1990s, overwhelming emphasis of adult Australia led a critical examination The products and education is on vocational training. of masculinities. Very little thought is given

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