Developmental Stages and Institutional Structure: The Case of Continuing Education for Women.

Pitman, Mary Anne

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ERIC Number: EJ372892

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Publication Date: 1988

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Developmental Stages and Institutional Structure: The Case of Continuing Education for Women.

Pitman, Mary Anne

Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v19 n2 p139-54 Jun 1988

Life history interview tracked the movement of five middle-class women attending classes through a continuing education center for women. The center facilitated their movement through developmental stages but hampered their movement between stages, their abandonment of old social roles, and their construction of new roles. (BJV)

Descriptors: Adult Development, Community Support, Continuing Education, Developmental Stages, Females, Interviews, Middle Class, Midlife Transitions, School Effectiveness

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Language: English

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