2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Comparative study on Gender order in schools in Sweden and Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22530909
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology of education
Research Institution	Tokyo Gakugei University
Principal Investigator	NAKAZAWA Chie 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (00272625)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	ジェンダー / スウェーデン / 学校 / 教師-生徒関係
Research Abstract	This study aims to explore the gender order and gender patterns in the classrooms of compulsory schools and their social and cultural backgrounds in comparison with Sweden and Japan. The findings of interviews and observations at schools show that classes in Tokyo are teacher-centered, and well planned and controlled by teachers, while activities of individual learning are dominant in the classes in Sweden. In these circumstances, children’s individualities and gender patterns are not much visible during lessons in Japan. Intervention in gender patterns which children bring into the classrooms from outside schools doesn’t seem to be sufficient both in Sweden and Japan.

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