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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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Who Gets to Be a Writer? Exploring Identity and Learning Issues in Becoming a Fiction Author
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Gouthro, Patricia A. – Studies in Continuing Education, 2014
Drawing upon a research study on lifelong learning, citizenship, and fiction writing, this paper explores issues around identity and learning in becoming a fiction author. Five main thematic areas are discussed: (1) envisioning a writing career, (2) compelled to write, (3) learning the craft, (4) getting published, and (5) online identity. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fiction, Authors, Professional Identity
Neoliberalism, Lifelong Learning, and the Homeplace: Problematizing the Boundaries of "Public" and "Private" to Explore Women's Learning Experiences
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Gouthro, Patricia A. – Studies in Continuing Education, 2009
This paper develops a critical feminist theoretical analysis of the significance of the homeplace in explaining the experiences of adult women learners. It argues that current discourses in lifelong learning are shaped by neoliberal influences that emphasize individualism, competition, and connections to the marketplace. Critical educators,…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Economic Development, Lifelong Learning, Feminism
"Thinking the Practice": Academic Adult Educators' Reflections on Mediating a Summer Institute as a Multicultural Learning Journey for Graduate Students.
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Grace, Andre P.; Gouthro, Patricia A.; Mojab, Shahrzad – Studies in Continuing Education, 2003
Three adult educators who conducted a summer institute for 40 graduate students discuss how their positionalities influence conceptions of pedagogy and multiculturalism and shape inclusive teaching/learning interactions. They describe the sometimes uneasy intersections of the personal, the professional, and the political. (Contains 18 references.)…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Using Models of Feminist Pedagogies To Think about Issues and Directions in Graduate Education for Women Students.
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Grace, Andre P.; Gouthro, Patricia A. – Studies in Continuing Education, 2000
Reviews the status of graduate education for women in the United States and Canada, historical perspectives on women's work in the workplace and home, and barriers to graduate education for women. Uses psychological and liberatory models of feminist pedagogy to elucidate a feminist direction for graduate education. (Contains 49 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Females, Feminism, Foreign Countries