Graduate School and the Self: A Theoretical View of Some Negative Effects of Professional Socialization.

Egan, Janet Malenchek

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ERIC Number: EJ394325

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Publication Date: 1989

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Graduate School and the Self: A Theoretical View of Some Negative Effects of Professional Socialization.

Egan, Janet Malenchek

Teaching Sociology, v17 n2 p200-17 Apr 1989

Proposes a conceptualization of the professionalization that is inherent in graduate school training as resocialization rather than developmental socialization. Discusses the possible negative effects of this process on students' self-concept. Responses by Jane Allyn Piliavin, Norman Goodman, and Joan Aldous follow. (LS)

Descriptors: Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Individual Development, Power Structure, Self Concept, Social Influences, Social Status, Social Structure, Socialization, Student Role, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship

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Language: English

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