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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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Bridging the Gap between Human Resource Development and Adult Education: Part Two, the Critical Turn
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Hatcher, Tim; Bowles, Tuere – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2014
Human resource development (HRD) as a scholarly endeavor and as a practice is often criticized in the adult education (AE) literature and by AE scholars as manipulative and oppressive and, through training and other interventions, controlling workers for strictly economic ends (Baptiste, 2001; Cunningham, 2004; Schied, 2001; Welton, 1995). The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Labor Force Development, Critical Theory, Criticism
Bridging the Gap between Human Resource Development and Adult Education: Part One, Assumptions, Definitions, and Critiques
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Hatcher, Tim; Bowles, Tuere – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2013
Human resource development (HRD) as a scholarly endeavor and as a practice is often criticized in the adult education (AE) literature and by AE scholars as manipulative and oppressive and, through training and other interventions, controlling workers for strictly economic ends (Baptiste, 2001; Cunningham, 2004; Schied, 2001; Welton, 1995).…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Critical Theory, Labor Force Development, Criticism
Bridging the Gap between Human Resource Development and Adult Education: Part One, Assumptions, Definitions, and Critiques
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Hatcher, Tim; Bowles, Tuere – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2006
Human resource development (HRD) as a scholarly endeavor and as a practice is often criticized in the adult education (AE) literature and by AE scholars as manipulative and oppressive and, through training and other interventions, controlling workers for strictly economic ends (Baptiste, 2001; Cunningham, 2004; Schied, 2001; Welton, 1995).…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Adult Education, Human Resources, Critical Theory
Bridging the Gap between Human Resource Development and Adult Education: Part Two, the Critical Turn
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Hatcher, Tim; Bowles, Tuere – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2006
Human resource development (HRD) as a scholarly endeavor and as a practice is often criticized in the adult education (AE) literature and by AE scholars as manipulative and oppressive and, through training and other interventions, controlling workers for strictly economic ends (Baptiste, 2001; Cunningham, 2004; Schied, 2001; Welton, 1995). The…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Adult Education, Human Capital, Human Resources