Exploration of Women in the Adult Classroom
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2020-04-28
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There are differences in how women learn in adult education versus men and this is an issue that affects the United States as well as the rest of the world. Most traditional courses do not differentiate for gender and it is an everyone takes the class in the same way model. There has been much research done on this topic and one such resource is an article composed by Donnalee Rubin that investigated this topic. Per Rubin (1993), “teachers are more likely to overcome the influence of gender bias on their teaching if they adopt a process-based method and work intimately with their students through nondirective, supportive conferences” (p. xii). The purpose of this paper is to look into how females learn in the adult classroom as it relates to contemporary practices that are currently utilized in higher education as well as how women interact and fit in within the adult learning theories such as andragogy. Also, how being female impacts adult cognitive development and teaching methods that may enhance women’s learning will be explored.
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