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Developmental Stages and Institutional Structure: The Case of Continuing Education for Women
Author(s) -
PITMAN MARY ANNE
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1988.19.2.05x1804j
Subject(s) - institution , sociology , center (category theory) , continuing education , higher education , educational anthropology , gender studies , pedagogy , social science , educational research , political science , medical education , medicine , chemistry , law , crystallography
This article examines the responses of five women to their educational experience in a continuing education center. Through life history interviews, the women's developmental stages or transitional statuses are defined and seen as influential in their response to the educational institution. The Women's Center is described according to an analytic model for urban communities and their institutions.