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March 29, 2017
Learning Environments for Women’s Adult Development: Bridges Toward Change
- Author
- Taylor, Kathleen, and Catherine Marienau, eds.
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
- ISBN
- 787999113
- Table of Contents
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Editor's Notes (Catherine Marienau, and Kathleen Taylor)
ch. 1 Bridging Practice and Theory for Women's Adult Development (Kathleen Taylor, and Catherine Marienau)
ch. 2 Journal Writing: A Tool for Women Developing as Knowers (Phyllis Walden)
ch. 3 Sitting Beside Herself: Self-Assessment and Women's Adult Development ( Kathleen Taylor)
ch. 4 Prior Learning Assessment, Critical Self-Reflection, and Reentry Women's Development (Jan Droegkamp, and Kathleen Taylor)
ch. 5 In Their Own Voices: Women Learning About Their Own Development (Catherine Marienau)
ch. 6 Teaching to the Development Needs of Nonmainstream Learners (Linda Gajdusek, Helen Gillotte)
ch. 7 A Developmental Core Curriculum for Adult Women Learners (Rosemarie Carfagna)
ch. 8 Multiple Roles of the Mentor Supporting Women's Adult Development (Mayra Bloom)
ch. 9 Linking Learning, Teaching, and Development (Morris Fiddler, and Catherine Marienau)
ch. 10 Speaking Her Mind: Adult Learning and Women's Adult Development (Kathleen Taylor)
Conclusion
Index
This volume of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education explores emerging theory and practice in adult development, adult learning, and feminist pedagogy for learning environments designed to meet women's needs. Adult women learners face special challenges as they enter or reenter higher education. Research and experience suggest that historical and current education approaches may not serve men and women equally. The central aim of this book is to help make learning environments more supportive of reentry women in their ongoing development. Many of the practices showcased in this sourcebook emerged from programs of alternative higher education as they endeavored to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population of learners. The different pedagogical approaches described herein help a woman learner shape the narrative of her evolving self in multiple life contexts. Ultimately, the kinds of educational practices described in this volume will prove effective in promoting lifelong learning and development for both women and men. This is the 65th issue in the journal series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. (From the Publisher)