Gender, Experience, and Knowledge in Adult Learning: Alisoun's Daughters Contributor(s): Michelson, Elana (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138892173 ISBN-13: 9781138892170 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Adult & Continuing Education - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition |
Dewey: 153.15 |
LCCN: 2014042659 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (0.75 lbs) 218 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
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Publisher Description: In this wide-ranging book, Elana Michelson invites us to revisit basic understandings of the experiential learner'. How does experience come to be seen as the basis of knowledge? How do gender, class, and race enter into the ways in which knowledge is valued? What political and cultural belief systems underlie such practices as the assessment of prior learning and the writing of life narratives? Drawing on a range of disciplines, from feminist theory and the politics of knowledge to literary criticism, Michelson argues that particular understandings of experiential learning' have been central to modern Western cultures and the power relationships that underlie them. Presented in four parts, this challenging and lively book asks educators of adults to think in new ways about their assumptions, theories, and practices:
Gender, Experience, and Knowledge in Adult Learning will be of value to scholars and graduate students exploring adult and experiential learning, as well as academics wishing to introduce students to a broad range of feminist, critical-race, materialist and postmodernist thinking in the field. |
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