Becoming and being academic women in Cambodia: Cultural and other understandings

Title
Becoming and being academic women in Cambodia: Cultural and other understandings
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Maxwell, Thomas W
Nget, Sokhany
Am, Khunty
Sreyleak, Peou
You, Songly
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Cogent OA
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1080/2331186X.2015.1042215
UNE publication id
une:19177
Abstract
Cambodia's higher education is under development. This is the first study of the role of women teaching in a university in Cambodia. There has been many studies of academic women in western countries and these guided the 16 interviews in Khmer that were carried out by young female researchers, translated by them and then analysed with the assistance of NVivo. Becoming an academic for many Cambodian women meant support from their parents and others close to them. Receipt of an international scholarship may have been critical. Perhaps the most important issue for these academic women was the need to balance demands on their time. Teaching hours could be negotiated, potentially at least, but only where the student numbers warranted it. An affirmative action approach appears to have developed at one of the two universities. Areas for future research are identified.
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Citation
Cogent Education, 2(1), p. 1-12
ISSN
2331-186X
Start page
1
End page
12

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