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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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Ryan, Anne B.; Connolly, Brid; Grummell, Bernie; Finnegan, Fergal – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2009
This article aims to continue the conversation initiated by Denis O'Sullivan in the 2008 issue of the "Adult Learner". O'Sullivan raises several important points about the nature of Irish adult education and the need to develop a rigorous theoretical basis for the authors' work. The authors wish to engage with O'Sullivan's observations of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Integrity, Adult Learning
Finnegan, Fergal – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2008
This article offers an overview of recent international scholarship on neo-liberalism in particular the work of the geographer and historian David Harvey and the recent books of the educationalist Henry Giroux. It begins with a brief historical account of neo-liberalism and outlines the main characteristics of the free market era. Irish society…
Descriptors: Free Enterprise System, Political Attitudes, Democracy, Adult Education