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Gender issues in older adults' participation in learning
— viewpoints and experiences of learners in the University of the Third Age (U3A) | | Author(s) | Alan Williamson |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 26, no 1, January-February 2000 |
| Pages | pp 49-66 |
| Keywords | U3A ; Older men ; Older women ; Participation ; Social surveys ; Australia. |
| Annotation | For many in the retired Third Age, the thirty years or so of life ahead are seen as a time to embark on new endeavours. One is the opportunity for learning in organisations such as the University of the Third Age (U3A) from which many have found fulfilment. U3A is an international movement organised, managed and run by Third Agers themselves. But, for all its appeal, U3A attracts more women than men to its courses. It appears that older women want to learn while older men want to "sit". This article considers gender issues in older people's learning by reporting the findings of in-depth research into one U3A campus in south-west Sydney, Australia. It concludes that gender differences in U3A membership reflect a variety of issues centring on retirement interests, marital status, social group membership, and the feminisation of U3A. More research is needed into how men and women spend their retirement and the place continuing to learn has in their retirement activities. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000411226 A |
| Classmark | V5A: BC: BD: TMB: 3F: 7YA |
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