Jam, Jerusalem and calendar girls

Lifelong learning and the Women's Institutes (WI)

Bibliographic Data

ID11476883
AuthorsSue Jackson (0000-0002-1684-2224, Birkbeck, University of London, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume38
Issue1
Pages74-90
Publication date2006-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in the Education of Adults (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0266-0830 • E-ISSN: 1478-9833
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02660830.2006.11661526
OpenAlexW279310559
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited10

Both lifelong learning and community are central to the mission of the National Federation of Women's Institutes (WI). Their website, for example, states that the WI aims to educate women to enable them to provide an effective role in the community, to expand their horizons and to develop and pass on important skills—key elements of lifelong learning and active citizenship. The research project reported in this paper considers questions of learning and citizenship for members of the WI. The research includes interviews with women attending Denman College, the residential college of the WI, together with observations, a focus group and questionnaires. The women involved in this research were nearly all over 50, most identified as middle class, and all appeared to be committed to Denman College and/or to women-focused learning in a residential setting. The paper raises questions about older learners, social class, active citizenship and community

Active citizenship · Citizenship · Class (philosophy · Focus group · Lifelong learning · Medical education · Middle class · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Education Systems and Policy · Gender Studies · Higher Education and Employability · Medicine · Psychology

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