Identity and Education - The Links for Mature Women Students

List of contents

Introduction; Why do women return to education?; Identity and education; The impact of major life events or changes; Childhood experiences; Unplanned pregnancies, life course and a return to education; Mega trauma and the links with education; Conclusion; Bibliography.

About the author

Janet Parr

Summary

First published in 2000, this book considers the links that mature women students make between their identity, their life stories and their return to education. The book focuses in particular upon a number of women who talk of traumatic experiences and a need to redefine a part of their identity.

Product details

• Authors: Parr, Janet Parr, Parr Janet
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138713185
• ISBN: 978-1-138-71318-5
• No. of pages: 154
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Anthropology, Psychology, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Educational strategies & policy, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational strategies and policy