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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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Collins, Joshua C.; Rocco, Tonette S. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
This chapter situates healthcare as a concern for the field of adult education through a critique of disparities in access to healthcare, quality of care received, and caregiver services for racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities.
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Minority Groups, Adult Education, Health Services
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Collins, Joshua C.; Rocco, Tonette S. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
This chapter explores the factors that contribute to the disclosure and communication experiences of HIV-negative gay men with one or more autoimmune diseases.
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Diseases, Comorbidity
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Rocco, Tonette S.; Delgado, Antonio – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
This article critiques the ways adult educators discuss disability. To enhance the discourse on disability from a critical perspective, the authors present concepts and theories from disability studies useful for a critical examination of disability in adult education. Disability should be an important concern for adult education and adult…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Disabilities
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Rocco, Tonette S. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
Disability is not something one experiences in isolation of other characteristics. Sociocultural characteristics, such as race, class, gender, sexual orientation, age and disability, interact with each other in various combinations forming unique adults. When interacting with other characteristics, disability can dominate the other…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Social Bias, Continuing Education
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Rocco, Tonette S.; Gallagher, Suzanne J. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2006
This chapter deconstructs heterosexual privilege in the workplace and offers suggestions for queering the workplace with an emphasis on career development.
Descriptors: Career Development, Homosexuality, Work Environment, Social Bias
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Rocco, Tonette S.; Gallagher, Suzanne J. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2004
Educators of urban adults should attempt to deconstruct the dynamics in the classroom that replicate the social, political, and economic discourse of the dominant group. We must work to surface the complexity of diverse experiences represented by multiple oppressed groups.
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Justice, Social Discrimination, Urban Education