The Survey Educational Contents and Methods on Women's Studies in Adult Education

本研究以问卷调查的方式，对全国妇女教育中心及其他地方妇女教育机构、妇女中心及终身教育机构举办的妇女研究课程的参与者进行问卷调查。它揭示了参与的目标、妇女课程的内容和方法、学习中的问题、对性别作用的看法以及对男女平等地位的看法。这些答案与性别、年龄和职业相关，并对妇女在成人教育领域的研究内容和方法进行了检验。在1994年8月至1995年1月期间向参加各种妇女培训班的人分发的956份调查表中，有604份（63%）（545名妇女和56名男子）已收集并归还。结果如下：(1)1992年总理府进行的“男女平等”民意调查中，对于“男人应该出去工作，女人应该呆在家里”的观念，有23%的受访者表示肯定，而在本研究中，只有1%的人表示肯定。Thio表示参与者没有刻板的性别角色观念。我们的调查还显示，参加NWEC和其他机构举办的课程的学员对性别角色的看法存在差异，性别、职业和年龄也存在差异。(2)对于学习妇女学中存在的问题，回答最多的是“内容过于宽泛，难以集中”和“解决妇女学问题的方法不明确”。(3)受访者期望学习的内容在设施、性别、职业、年龄等方面存在差异。“性别、性别差别和性别角色”、“家庭和家庭”、“劳动和职业”、“社会活动”、“教育和学习”、“政治和政策”和“提高男子的性别角色意识”在所有类别中都是可取的。(4)通过对调查对象的分类、对性别角色的看法、期望的研究内容和方法进行分析，成功地获得了基础数据，为确定最适合女性在成人教育中的研究对象和与成年男女不同生活方式和生活阶段相对应的具体内容提供了基础数据。少

This research was based on a questionnaire given to participants in courses on women's studies held by the National Women's Education Center (NWEC) and other local women's education facilities, women's centers, and life-long education facilities. It revealed objectives of participation, cotents and methods expected of women's courses, problems in learning, and views of gender-role, and views regarding equal status for men and women. The answers were correlated by sex, age and occupation, and the contents and methods applied to women's studies in the field of abult education were examined.Of the 956 questionnaires distributed between August 1994 and January 1995 among the participants in the various women's courses, 604 (63%) (545 women and 56 men) were comoleted and returned. The following are the results :(1) Regarding the notion "men should go out to work, and women stay at home", to which 23% of the respondents answered positively in a Public Opinion Poll on the Equality for Men and … More Women couducted by the Primo Minister's Office in 1992, only 1% replied affirmatively in this study. Thio indicates that the partivipants were free from the idea of stereotyped gender role. Our survey also showed differences in the views of gender-role between participants to the courses held by NWEC and those by other facilities, and by sex, occupation and age.(2) Concerning problems in learning women's studies, the two preferred replies were : "the contents are too extensive to be focussed on, " and "methods for solving women's issues are not clear."(3) Regarding the contents that participants themselves expected to study, differences existed among the respondents according to facility, sex, occupation aand age. "Sex, sex distinction and gender-roles" , "home and family" , "labor and occupations" , "social activities" , "education and learning" , "politics and policcies" and "raising the consciousness of gender-role among men" were listed as desirable by all categories.(4) By analyzing by category of respondents, their views of gender-role and the expected contents and methods of study, we successfully gainedfundamental data for determining the most appropriate subjects for women's Studies in abult education and specific contents corresponding to the various lifestyles and stages of life of adult men and women. Less