"I wouldn't ask professors questions!" Women Engineering Students' Learning Experiences in Japan

"I wouldn't ask professors questions!" Women Engineering Students' Learning Experiences in Japan
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“我不会问教授问题!”

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2013
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International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology
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通讯作者:
Masako Hosaka
Masako Hosaka
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本定性研究探讨了经验,日本妇女作为工程本科生,同时与部门教师互动。它通过使用来自日本两所大学的32名最后一年学生的访谈数据来实现这一目标。本文以贝克&福克纳(Baker & Faulkner,1991)和卡列罗(Callero,1994)的“角色即资源”理论为理论框架。研究结果表明,妇女的感觉,在工程类的异化是由于教师的教学和冷漠,这影响了他们缺乏参与学习(在课堂内外),他们认为在接近教师与学术问题的困难。女学生在决定与系主任接触时,根据她们对主题的理解程度和她们在开始接触时感到舒适的程度,采用了各种策略。是否有同伴帮助也决定了学生是否向教师提问。尽管令人满意的遭遇,参与者通常没有开发轻松与部门的教师。只有少数参与者克服了最初的困难,很好地利用了学生作为资源的角色,并获得了额外的资源(即,更好地理解主题并与教师建立有意义的关系)。从这些调查结果中,提供了实际的影响,以改善女学生的学习经验,在工程,这是重要的,减少他们的大学毕业后从外地的减员。
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