Gender Differences in Formal, Non-Formal and Informal Adult Learning

Autor/in	Boeren, Ellen
Titel	Gender Differences in Formal, Non-Formal and Informal Adult Learning
Quelle	In: Studies in Continuing Education, 33 (2011) 3, S.333-346 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-037X
DOI	10.1080/0158037X.2011.610301
Schlagwörter	Adult Learning; Gender Differences; Informal Education; Nonformal Education; Conventional Instruction; Student Participation; Learning Activities; Profiles; Lifelong Learning; Barriers; Learning Motivation; Student Educational Objectives; Foreign Countries; Educational Attainment; Income; Age Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Salary Wage Differentials; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Lernaktivität; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Ausland; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Einkommen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Belgien
Abstract	At first sight, participation rates in adult learning do not differ strongly between men and women. Further exploration, however, makes clear that differences exist at the level of the type of learning. Men participate more in work-related learning and experience more job-related motives to participate. Women take on the main responsibilities in the home, resulting in less employment in knowledge intensive jobs and fewer opportunities for work-related training. In this paper, we use the Harvard gender analysis framework to gain insight into the differences in adult learning activities between men and women. In the empirical part, we use the Eurostat Adult Education Survey, which provides sex-aggregated data, which are needed to gain insight in the broader activity profile of the population divided by men and women. (Contains 1 figure and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10