The Significance of Post-secondary Education for Rural Women Enrolled in Liberal Arts Undergraduate Degrees
The significance of post-secondary education is investigated for rural Newfoundland women enrolled in undergraduate liberal arts degree programs. Data collection for this research involved comprehensive, detailed semistructured biographical interviews with rural women studying liberal arts disciplin...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Higher Education |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education
2012
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| Online Access: | https://journals.sfu.ca/cjhe/index.php/cjhe/article/view/1824 https://doi.org/10.47678/cjhe.v42i3.1824 |
| Summary: | The significance of post-secondary education is investigated for rural Newfoundland women enrolled in undergraduate liberal arts degree programs. Data collection for this research involved comprehensive, detailed semistructured biographical interviews with rural women studying liberal arts disciplines during the 2006–2007 academic year at Memorial University of Newfoundland. The data analyses drew on theories of experiential and embodied knowledge, social constructionist theories of gender and place, and research on women, rurality, and post-secondary education. The findings indicate that, overall, a liberal arts degree is a part of a search for a new home for the women interviewed. Images and experiences of life as women in rural Newfoundland act as forces that push and pull the women to and from their homes, with varying impact. Although the women were very pleased with their choice of a liberal arts major, for most this choice did not dominate the significance of enrolling in university. Cette recherche a étudié le degré d’importance de l’éducation postsecondaire pour les femmes de Terre-Neuve habitant en milieu rural et inscrites au premier cycle universitaire, dans des programmes d’arts libéraux. La collecte des données de cette recherche s’est faite au moyen d’entrevues biographiques approfondies, détaillées et semi-structurées, réalisées avec des femmes en milieu rural ayant étudié différentes disciplines des arts libéraux à l’Université Memorial de Terre-Neuve, au cours de l’année académique 2006-2007. Pour analyser les données, les auteurs ont employé des théories de la connaissance expérientielle et incarnée, des théories portant sur la construction sociale selon le sexe et le lieu, de même que des recherches effectuées sur la femme, la ruralité et l’éducation postsecondaire. Les résultats obtenus chez les femmes interrogées indiquent que, en général, pour les femmes qui étudient en arts libéraux, l’obtention de leur diplôme fait partie de la quête d’un nouveau foyer. Les images et les expériences se ... |
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