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Agency, identity and learning at turning points in women’s lives: A comparative UK-Italian analysis
European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults ( IF 1.2 ) Pub Date : 2019-01-16 , DOI: 10.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela915
Chiara Biasin , Karen Evans

This paper discusses the ways in which women aged 50, in two different cultural contexts (United Kingdom and Italy) narrate and portray turning points in their life course. Particular emphasis is put on the relationships between identity, learning and agency that emerge through work, family and life experiences. The reference paradigm is adopted from Narrative Learning Theory and the approach is qualitative and comparative in analysing the participant’s voice. For the UK sample, the data sources are 16 semi-structured interviews, including drawings representing the life course, selected from the study deposited in the UK Archives Data under the “Social Participation and Identity” project; for the Italian sample, the data sources are 28 semi-structured interviews and drawings, based on the same selected items of the UK interviews and provided by women living in the North-East of Italy. This study will show how women’s representations of their life course and of turning points in their lives reveal different propensities to reflect on and learn from their own lives. The comparative perspective highlights, through two-level analysis (micro and macro) and by contrasting cultural, relational and social contexts, variations in ways these women are enabled or restricted in moving their lives forward. The research also contributes to methodological insight into the use of drawings in elucidating life course narratives.

中文翻译:

妇女生活转折点的代理,身份和学习:英国和意大利的比较分析

本文讨论了两种不同文化背景(英国和意大利)中50岁女性的叙事方式,并描绘了她们人生历程中的转折点。特别强调通过工作,家庭和生活经历出现的身份,学习和代理之间的关系。叙事学习理论采用了参考范式,该方法在分析参与者的声音时是定性的和比较性的。对于英国样本,数据来源是16次半结构化访谈,包括代表人生历程的图纸,这些访谈选自“社会参与和身份”项目下英国档案数据中存放的研究;对于意大利样本,数据来源为28个半结构化访谈和绘图,根据英国采访中选择的相同项目,由意大利东北部的妇女提供。这项研究将显示女性对自己人生历程和人生转折点的表征如何揭示出反思和学习自己人生的不同倾向。比较观点通过两级分析(微观和宏观)并通过对比文化,关系和社会背景,突显了这些妇女在推动或推动其生活前进的方式上的差异。这项研究还有助于对方法在使用图纸阐明生活过程中的叙述方面的方法学见解。这项研究将显示女性对自己人生历程和人生转折点的表征如何揭示出反思和学习自己人生的不同倾向。比较观点通过两级分析(微观和宏观)并通过对比文化,关系和社会背景,突显了这些妇女在推动或推动其生活前进的方式上的差异。这项研究还有助于对方法在使用图纸阐明生活过程中的叙述方面的方法学见解。这项研究将显示女性对自己人生历程和人生转折点的表征如何揭示出反思和学习自己人生的不同倾向。比较观点通过两级分析(微观和宏观)并通过对比文化,关系和社会背景,突显了这些妇女在推动或推动其生活前进的方式上的差异。这项研究还有助于对方法在使用图纸阐明生活过程中的叙述方面的方法学见解。
更新日期:2019-01-16
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