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Older adult women learners in transition
Author(s) -
Wolf Mary Alice
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.334
Subject(s) - adult education , adult learning , transition (genetics) , adult learner , social capital , psychology , process (computing) , pedagogy , capital (architecture) , developmental psychology , sociology , computer science , social science , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , operating system , history , archaeology
This chapter addresses older women learners, highlighting their transitions in life, in learning, and in preparing for the workplace. It focuses on the roles that social capital and adult education play in the process and presents strategies (learner and programmatic) for facilitating the inevitable transitioning of older women learners.