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ERIC Number: EJ514309
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0266-0830
Cultures and Contexts of Adult Learning: The Case of Women and Science.
Barr, Jean; Birke, Lynda
Studies in the Education of Adults, v27 n2 p119-32 Oct 1995
Draws on interviews with 40 women as well as radical education and feminist analysis to urge adult educators to challenge the authoritative knowledge called science in order to open it to more democratic ways of knowledge making. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Context, Females, Science Education, Sciences, Scientific Methodology, Sex Discrimination, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Feminist Criticism