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ERIC Number: EJ919945
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-May
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0741-7136
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Social, Local, and Situated: Recent Findings about the Effectiveness of Older Men's Informal Learning in Community Contexts
Golding, Barry Goanna
Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, v61 n2 p103-120 May 2011
The informal learning that older (age 50+) men experience in Australia has been the subject of a suite of recent, intensive, mixed methods research projects in community-based voluntary organizations. The purpose of the research was to examine where men are learning in these contexts beyond work and formal education rather than to assume and problematize older men as nonlearners. This article draws together strands of completed field research to suggest that learning is effective for older men in community settings when it is social, local, practical, situated, and in groups, particularly for older, sometimes isolated men who have experienced a range of setbacks in life. While older Australian men tend to be missing from adult and community education (ACE) providers, they are able to informally share hands-on skills from their work lives with other men of all ages, with a range of important benefits to their own well-being, the well-being of other men, and the well-being of their communities. Some future areas for comparative international research are identified.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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