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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Self-Formation and Transformative Learning: A Response to "Calling Transformative Learning into Question--Some Mutinous Thoughts," by Michael Newman
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Dirkx, John M. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2012
This article presents the author's response to Michael Newman's "Calling Transformative Learning into Question: Some Mutinous Thoughts". Transformative learning has arguably become one of the most generative and provocative ideas in adult learning. More than 30 years ago, Mezirow (1978) introduced this idea to the field of adult education. During…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Theories, Self Actualization, Critical Theory
Studying the Complicated Matter of What Works: Evidence-Based Research and the Problem of Practice
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Dirkx, John M. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2006
The demand for evidence-based research (EBR) in education has evoked considerable debate regarding the nature of knowledge practitioners hold, how they come to know, and the sociopolitical contexts in which that knowledge is generated. Proponents of EBR such as Michael Feuer stress the need for research that validly identifies solutions to…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Theory Practice Relationship