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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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The Untold Story of "Foreign Devil" Adult Educators in Shanghai Silk Factories (1920 to 1949)
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Boshier, Roger; Huang, Yan – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2007
From the 1920s until 1949, foreign adult educators (mostly women) in the Shanghai YWCA worked to foster labor unrest and build a better world. Many started out as liberal Christians but ended up supporting Chairman Mao. They used street theater, mass singing, games, pageants, structured exercises, and "bible classes," where learners read Communist…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Adult Educators, Adult Education
Market Socialism Meets the Lost Generation: Motivational Orientations of Adult Learners in Shanghai
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Boshier, Roger; Huang, Yan; Song, Qihui; Song, Lei – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2006
In Western countries, women and men, young and old, enroll in adult education for different reasons. This is even more the case in China. This study helps Shanghai program planners better appreciate learners by understanding how motivational orientations vary as a function of gender and age. The Chinese version of the Education Participation Scale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Systems, Females, Stimulation