Graduate School and the Self
A Response to Egan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11623903 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joan Aldous (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 215-215 |
| Publication date | 1989-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Teaching Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-055X • E-ISSN: 1939-862X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1317465 |
| OpenAlex | W2324210552 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Janet Malenchek Egan's provocative article concerning the effects of sociology graduate training programs on students encouraged me to do some thinking about graduate student life and about the structural constraints shaping it. Egan expresses the views of present and past graduate students who see the programs as leading to an undue lowering of students' self-esteem. Before addressing some of the underlying structural factors influencing the current situation, I would like to note contradictory aspects of graduate student existence
Graduate students · Pedagogy · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 2006 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |