Korean Culture and the Reentry Motivations of University-Graduated Women

Autor/inn/en	Jang, Suh Young; Merriam, Sharan
Titel	Korean Culture and the Reentry Motivations of University-Graduated Women
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 54 (2004) 4, S.273-290 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Homemakers; Females; Lifelong Learning; Korean Culture; Womens Education; Motivation; Graduate Study; Social Values; Reentry Students; Adult Students; Attitude Measures; Foreign Countries; Cultural Influences; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hausfrau; Weibliches Geschlecht; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Sozialer Wert; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Korea; Republik
Abstract	Well-educated Korean women are returning to higher education in unprecedented numbers. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the motivations of these women for returning to higher education. In-depth interviews were conducted with 13 Korean full-time housewives aged 25 to 45 who already had a bachelor's degree and who enrolled as students at a 4-year university, a graduate school, or a university-affiliated lifelong education center. The major finding of this study was that the reentry women returned to school to reclaim their identities as independent individuals. Respect for scholarship in Korean society made their return to school an acceptable escape from the boring and isolated life of full-time housewives. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10