| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺東大學 === 幼兒教育學系碩士班 === 97 === This study aims to investigate three aspects of unmarried female kindergartners: their marital viewpoints, factors which maintain their spinsterhood , and their current expressions of self-identity . The subjects were three public kindergarten teachers in Taipei, between the ages of 35 to 44. The study sampled the participants by age group, adopted qualitative research method, used semi-structural questionnaire and performed in-depth interviews.
We discovered some findings respecting recognition of unmarried female kindergartners: A) regarding marital viewpoints: marriage is not only affairs between the couple, but also a will to respect and sacrifice for each other. A socially recognized match can minimize frictions in a married life ; family-of-origin and experience of love affair influence the formation of marital viewpoints; the construction of marital viewpoint is a dynamic rather than constant process; the happiness of a married life depends on the prudent selection of an appropriate spouse before marriage; marriage is regulated and protected by law. B) Merit of marriage: With a marriage, a couple may share joys and sorrows, concern and support for each other. “Having a son to carry on the family name” makes marital life more complete. Marriage is also the responsibility for each other to take on. In addition, an ideal marriage is based on stable and sufficient income, equal rights without gender gap, a consensus of opinion in educating children, complementary in each other’s role, and maintaining personal privacy. C) Their attitudes toward marriage: they are unwilling to stay single and hope to be married; marriage is not a necessity throughout their life; to get married is uncertain, not a mandatory process in ones life. They regard marriage is subject to the fate, not for the sake of the will to get married. ; passive in the attitude of marriage and inactive for dating; the older the spinsters aged, the more difficult the marriage can be done.
The factors that influence them to stay single include personal factors, followed by work and social factors.
Finally, of the two roles – single life and unmarried kindergartener - the subjects demonstrated four aspects of self-identity: supports from the society, personal dialogs, a critical turning point, and like who they are.
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