Politics Analysis of Gender Equality Projects by Local Governments in Japan

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02425
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09010:Education-related
• Research Institution: University of Fukui
• Principal Investigator: Hatano Keiko 福井大学, 学術研究院教育・人文社会系部門(総合グローバル), 准教授 (50415353)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: ジェンダー / 社会教育 / 婦人教育 / 婦人学級 / 男女共同参画

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify how Japan's women's policies and gender equality policies have been reflected in and have had an impact on local government projects and learning programs. As a result of collecting and analyzing historical materials on women's study classes(Fuzin Gakkyu) in Fukui Prefecture, the following became clear. Women's study classes in Fukui Prefecture developed slightly later than the national expansion of women's classes, reaching their peak in the mid-1960s. Local educational authorities held research meetings and published women's class newsletters. However, it appears that the discussion and collaborative learning methods that characterized women's education at the time did not take root as a formality, and the style gradually declined through the 1970s.

Free Research Field

教育社会学　ジェンダー研究　社会教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、婦人教育/男女共同参画政策そのものが内包するジェンダー・ポリティクスに注目した点にある。学校教育から疎外されてきた女性にとって、社会教育は重要な学習機会であったが、国家にとって「のぞましい女性像」をあてはめる側面と、性差別に気付き、変革を目指そうとする女性解放のツールとしての側面を有しており、この両者の思惑が交錯する政策領域として捉えられるという研究視角である。1960年代、地方における婦人学級の実践は、「婦人の民主化」のための話し合い学習・共同学習という当初の文部省や社会教育指導者の思惑からやや離れて展開していたことが明らかになった。