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Adult Learning and La Recherche Feminine: Reading
Resilence and Helene Cixous
by Elizabeth Chapman Hoult
Published: Palgrave Macmillan
9780230338838
Hardback 230 pages
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Using Helene Cixous' notion of 'l'ecriture feminine' both as an analogy for transformational learning and as an investigative tool, Hoult explores why some adult learners are able to survive and thrive in the education system, despite facing significantly more challenges than the average student. These challenges include personal trauma, the lack of capital in every sense, or learners' own refusal to play by the rules of the academy.
Review: "Hoult's book provides a striking account of what it means to survive and flourish as a learner. Giving interdisciplinary attention both to literary texts and to student interviews, Hoult affirms the value of working with and through creative experience. In doing so, this book provides a suggestive antidote to the dominance of impersonal 'evidence-based' educational studies." - Ben Knights, National Teaching Fellow, Emeritus Professor of English and Cultural Studies, School of Arts and Media, Teess
Contents: PART I: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND INTRODUCTION Introduction PART II: ANALYSIS OF LITERARY TEXTS Pygmalion as allegory for transformational adult learning: Ovid, Shaw and Hughes Educating Rita and Oleanna The Winter's Tale PART III: BIOGRAPHICAL DATA Interview with Joe Interview with Jane Interview with Sarah PART IV: AUTO/BIOGRAPHICAL DATA Interview with Lilian Autobiographical Writing Final thoughts
Author Biography: ELIZABETH CHAPMAN HOULT is Director of Knowledge Transfer in the Faculty of Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.
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