2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Women's Learning in Higher Education: A Comparative Study of the U.S. and Japan
| Project/Area Number |
23730790
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Sociology of education
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
TORAIWA Tomoka 名古屋大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 助教 (00566721)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | ジェンダー / 高等教育 / 学び / 言説 / エイジェンシー / 女性学 / フェミニスト教育学 / 自己生成論 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, I explored women's learning in higher education both empirically and theoretically. I conducted interviews with doctoral students, post-doc students, and researchers in the United States and Japan. I also engaged in theoretical research to understand the women's interpretations of their learning.
I found that both the social institutions in which the women were located and the availability or unavailability of concepts able to frame the interpretation of their experiences combined to shape the ways in which they expressed their experiences, as well as the meaning that they gave to their Ph.D.
This research concluded that higher education institutions offered an institutional space to women who felt a degree of estrangement from society, and that their learning in those institutions provided them with tools to develop their own sense of identity. Higher education learning, indeed, can be regarded as a tool that enables women to express their own agency.
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