Learning experiences of adults mentoring socially excluded young people: issues of power and gender

Colley, Helen (2004) Learning experiences of adults mentoring socially excluded young people: issues of power and gender. In: Adult Education Research Conference and the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education, 27-30 May 2004, University of Victoria, British Columbia. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Adult educators have not as yet investigated the vast movement of adults who mentor socially excluded youth. But these mentors are adult learners too. Their experiences suggest that mentoring – in any context – may entail the ‘toxic’ learning of emotional labour. More attention should be paid to their training from a perspective of social justice.