Social, Local, and Situated: Recent Findings about the Effectiveness of Older Men's Informal Learning in Community Contexts

Autor/in	Golding, Barry Goanna
Titel	Social, Local, and Situated: Recent Findings about the Effectiveness of Older Men's Informal Learning in Community Contexts
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 61 (2011) 2, S.103-120 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/0741713610380437
Schlagwörter	Informal Education; Community Programs; Foreign Countries; Voluntary Agencies; Males; Older Adults; Adult Learning; Social Influences; Instructional Effectiveness; Volunteers; Well Being; Gender Issues; Group Activities; Relevance (Education); Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Ausland; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Älterer Erwachsener; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Sozialer Einfluss; Unterrichtserfolg; Freiwilliger; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Geschlechterfrage; Gruppenaktivität; Relevance; Relevanz; Australien
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10