女性教師の声を聴く : 小学校の女性教師のライフヒストリー・インタビューから

摘要

In this paper, we tried to listen carefully to female teachers'voices in order to value the women's work and provide women's voice with authenticity. First, .we developed a theoretical framework. In studies Teachers'voices, especially women's voices and narratives have been silenced, however studies on teachers'voices and narratives are forming a part of category in the educational research. These studies provide authenticity for teachers'viewpoint and voice. Additionally, studies on female teachers'voices related to women's ways of thinking and feminine values through the concepts of “ care” and “maternity.” We explored the lifehistory narratives of 12 female elementary school teachers and focused on their experience of “ keeping pace with other samegrade teachers. ” The earlier literatures negatively evaluated the school culture in which teachers cooperated with other teachers, because this was considered to prevent teachers from putting creative activities into practice. However, from the female teachers'narratives, we learned that female teachers do care for their students, students'guardians, and their own colleagues. We also learned how female teachers relate to their colleagues and their students'guardians: the teachers care for and educate all ‘ their children’, and they take collective responsibility for their students.