Adult education can play a fundamental role in changing existing gender hierarchies, breaking down gender stereotypes, and promoting gender equality. Teachers can be important agents of change, but they not only have to be aware of their behaviours, attitudes, and views, they also have to be able to understand the specific needs and interests of learners, to use gender-based methods, and to implement practices free of gender stereotypes. In order to do this, adequate education and training are needed, but both in Italy and Nigeria, gender issues are not part of the education and training curriculum, and much remains to be done for raising awareness of this issue.
Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria - ORCID: 0000-0001-6951-0963
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-0137-8817
University of Padua, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-1261-4694
Chapter Title
Are Teachers Agents of Change? Teacher Training and The Gender Dimension in Adult Education: Italy and Nigeria in Comparison
Authors
Bolanle C. Simeon-Fayomi, Valentina Guerrini, Denise Tonelli
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-155-6.10
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Book Title
International and Comparative Studies in Adult and Continuing Education
Editors
Regina Egetenmeyer, Vanna Boffo, Stefanie Kröner
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
238
Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-154-9
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-153-2
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-154-9
eISBN (epub)
978-88-5518-155-6
Series Title
Studies on Adult Learning and Education
Series ISSN
2704-596X
Series E-ISSN
2704-5781