Evaluation of Continuing Education Center Activities in Terms of Female Participants: A Qualitative Research at Istanbul University Continuing Education Center

The aim of the study is to discover which concepts explain the views of women who receive education from a continuing education center and to give meaning to the subject. In line with this, Istanbul University Continuing Education Center has taken place within the scope of the study. The study uses embedded theory design with the aim of examining the participants’ opinions in depth. The study group consists of 26 female participants. The interviews were coded using the program NVivo 10, after which the codes were gathered under categories and made meaningful. The study includes examples the participants’ expressions under the categories within the scope of the descriptive analysis. According to the research findings, the emphasis on vocational education is at the forefront in terms of the participants’ perceptions regarding the role that continuing education centers have in society. Similarly, the purpose of vocational education is understood to have been determinant regarding participating in trainings; however, this was due not to having acquired a new profession but to reasons such as being better in the current profession, relieving deficiencies, following the developments in their profession, and rising in the profession.