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Gender, change and identity : mature women students un Universities / created by Barbara Merrill.

By: Material type: TextTextAshgate, 1999Description: viii, 227 pages: 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • rdamedia
Carrier type:
  • rdacarrier
ISBN:
  • 9781840149937
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC2046 MER
Contents:
1. Gender Issues in Adult and Higher Education: Concepts, Perspectives and Research 2. Drawing on Theory: Combining Action, Structure and Feminism 3. Researching Women's Lives: Interviews as Life Histories 4. Warwick University: Culture, Context and Community 5. Connecting the Past with the Present: The Impact of Education, Gender and Class 6. Employment, Domesticity and the Quest for Fulfilment 7. Learning a Mature Student Career: Adjustment and Consolidation 8. Experiencing University Life: Intersections of Public and Private Worlds 9. Present and Future Biographies: Changing Lives and Future Hopes 10. Transforming Women's Lives: Education as Empowerment?
Summary: Based on a case study which looked at the experiences of non-traditional adult women students in universities, this asks the question - to what extent did studying change the way participants perceived themselves as women?
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Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf LC2046 MER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 56911 Available BK13480
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf LC2046 MER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 51536 Available BK15236
Archive Archive Main Library Archives LC2046 MER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 50946 Not for loan BK25198

Includes bibliography and index


1. Gender Issues in Adult and Higher Education: Concepts, Perspectives and Research
2. Drawing on Theory: Combining Action, Structure and Feminism
3. Researching Women's Lives: Interviews as Life Histories
4. Warwick University: Culture, Context and Community
5. Connecting the Past with the Present: The Impact of Education, Gender and Class
6. Employment, Domesticity and the Quest for Fulfilment
7. Learning a Mature Student Career: Adjustment and Consolidation
8. Experiencing University Life: Intersections of Public and Private Worlds
9. Present and Future Biographies: Changing Lives and Future Hopes
10. Transforming Women's Lives: Education as Empowerment?

Based on a case study which looked at the experiences of non-traditional adult women students in universities, this asks the question - to what extent did studying change the way participants perceived themselves as women?

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