Analysis of Deep Perceptions of Distance Education System Within The Framework of The Phenomenology of Gender

Abstract

This study, which was intended to measure the metaphorical perception levels of the female and male students enrolled to the Open University System, was structured according to the ZMET technique. In view of the research findings, ZMET test’s deep metaphors of balance, transformation, journey, container, control were analyzed according to the students’ variables of gender and place of residence. The chosen metaphors and in-depth analyses, on the other hand, reveal that, both women’s and men’s learning is re-structured also within the dichotomy of practice and theory. The theory-centric responses received from the women, and men’s responses oriented to application and distribution of knowledge put forth the necessity to take the gender difference into consideration while designing the educational contents.