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The previous section considered gendered experiences of learning and the workplace, including the choices or lack of choices women feel are available to them, and ways in which ‘choice’ is exercised. This section moves on to explore the ways in which our gendered identities impact on ‘choice’, which itself is gendered . The authors in this final section consider aspects of women’s gendered identities which inform the formal and informal lifelong learning pathways they take. They explore ways in which identities are developed by and through learning, work and intimate family and other networks. Common to all four chapters is the development of greater understandings of the gendered choices and constraints that impact upon women’s lives, building and developing themes which have been interwoven throughout the book.
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Jackson, S., Malcolm, I., Thomas, K. (2011). Part III: Introduction. In: Jackson, S., Malcolm, I., Thomas, K. (eds) Gendered Choices. Lifelong Learning Book Series, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0647-7_14
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