Hayes and Smith What Do Thesis

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The study of learners in terms of groups has a main advantage that it takes the group outside its regular sphere and places it in a more dimensional one. To better understand, a group analysis is focused on multiple features, viewed from various perspectives. For instance, the males and females groups of learners can be looked at not only in terms of particularities which give the gender difference, but also in terms of the features which result in different social groups. Another advantage is that the classification into male and female group has led researchers to the identification of other groups, which could be analyzed from various social lenses. These newly emerged groups could be based on race, religion, social class or even ethnicity.

Then, the study of women's groups in adult education programs has retrieved advantages including "the generation of themes and categories specific to literature on women in adult education, the development of a more detailed picture of adult education scholarship on women and a greater understanding of the particular assumptions that guide adult education research and practice" (Hayes and Smith, 1994).


A characteristic of the group analysis is that the group in itself is the agglomeration of various individuals. Consequently then, it is likely to encompass the benefits and advantages of individuals, implying as such that a group analysis is based on individual analyses. However, with individuals, these are unbiased and less influenced by outside forces. With groups on the other hand, the results may be distorted as the group member may easily be influenced by his colleagues. As a result, the final findings may be biased.

Reference:

Hayes, E.R., Smith, L., 1994, Women in Adult Education: An Analysis of Perspectives in Major Journals, Adult Education Quarterly, Vol.….....

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