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Carragher, Lucia; Golding, Barry – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2015
To date, little attention has been placed on older men (aged 50+ years) as learners, with much of the literature on adult learning concerned with younger age-groups and issues around gender equity directed mainly at women. This article examines the impact of community-based men's sheds on informal and nonformal learning by older men in Ireland. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Males, Adults, Adult Learning
Gilmartin, Emer – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2008
In a report on meeting the language needs of refugees in Ireland, Little (2000) identifies two sets of language rights for refugees--stemming from the right to preserve their own language or languages as a central element of identity, and the right to enjoy free access to Irish society which entails the right to develop language proficiency in…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Refugees, English (Second Language)