2018 Volume 69 Issue 2 Pages 125-135
This study clarifies the formation of awareness of gender equality among male preparatory school students through home economics classes. Retrospective descriptions of student learning were analyzed using M-GTA. The results showed that students at male preparatory schools had little interest in their private lives, and demonstrated a gender-biased orientation to life. However, through the experience of welfare facilities and exchange classes with students at a women's high school, they experienced a culture shock by learning about the reality of welfare and women's viewpoints which shook their male-oriented view of life and which led to many conflicts. By the end of the academic year, they had begun to search for a lifestyle unconstrained by gender, one that tackled the challenge of life planning from the standpoint of women based on the above study.
