Too Scared To Learn: Women, Violence, and Education / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780805836592 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 04/01/2000 Edition description: New Edition Pages: 384 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) Too Scared to Learn explores the impact of women's experiences of violence on their learning, and proposes radical changes to educational programs through connecting therapeutic and educational discourses. Little attention has previously been paid to the impact of violence on learning. A large percentage of women who come to adult literacy programs have experienced, or are currently experiencing, violence in their lives. This experience of violence negatively affects their ability to improve their literacy skills. Literacy programs and other educational programs have not integrated this reality into their work. This book builds on extensive research that revealed the wide range of impacts violence has on adult literacy learning. Interviews with counselors and therapists, literacy learners, and educators working