Returning to Learn

ISBN-13: 9783846599389 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 496 str.

Chia-Ming Yen

Opis

The main purpose of this study is to analyse the changes of barriers and opportunities on adult woman returnees when they return to learn in HE in the UK and Taiwan. The study demonstrates the ways in which globalisation as a driving force that has affected on womens lives regardless age cohorts. Then it is argued that womens lives from both countires are convergent due to the effect of globalisation. The study focuses on the changes of social structure in higher education expansion, the changes of family ideology and gender inequality. The theoretical framework draws upon the comparison in which womens lives are investigated between the countries and across each nation. The results show cultural resistance is evident among women in Taiwan where womens lives are affected by Confucian cultures and family ideology despite the global trends from the west country.

O autorze

Chia-Ming Yen received her MA & MPhil degrees from University of York and University of Surrey, UK. Currently, she is undertaking her doctoral study in National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan. She is an experienced lecturer. Her research interests include adult and young adult teaching and learning, ageing and human development and gerontology.