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Too Scared to Learn
Women, Violence and Education
Jenny Horsman

In this explosive study Dr. Jenny Horsman re-examines learning through a lens focused on the prevalence and impacts of violence in women's lives. Too Scared to Learn applies current theoretical understandings of the impacts of trauma to adult women's literacy and learning in general. Based on a national study involving literacy learners, instructors and practising therapists, Too Scared to Learn sparks new approaches to learning and teaching. Essential reading for anyone in adult education.

 

"…the most provocative literacy book published in the last decade."
ABC Canada

"…a paperback manifesto calling attention to a silent and ubiquitous presence in many classrooms."
Journal of Addiction and Mental Health

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