Learning Fulfilment: What’s the Role of Education?

Conference: The Asian Conference on Education (ACE2022)
Title: Learning Fulfilment: What’s the Role of Education?
Stream: Adult, Lifelong & Distance Learning
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
Authors:
Meenakshi Krishnaraj, University of Sydney, Australia

Abstract:

Exploring the role of flexible education in supporting notions of self-fulfillment for women in Chennai, India. The objective of this research is to gain an insight into how women pursuing flexible education (Distance Education, Need-based education and E-learning) frame their narratives of self-fulfilment and to analyze the perceived efficacy of flexible education in supporting the roles, aspirations, and capacities of women. The education of women in India has focussed on collective identities, resulting in the marginalisation of individual identities, beliefs, and notions of fulfilment. This research acknowledges the diversity of lived experiences and moves away from a homogenous collective representation of ‘women.' Further, education systems often legitimized certain aspirations and values over others, and also acted as instruments for gender regulation. Flexible education on the other hand is said to be learner-centered. This study explores the extent to which flexible education supported individual learners, particularly women, with respect to their idea of self-fulfilment.

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