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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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Schmidt, Patrick K. – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2008
In this essay, the author commends Paul Woodford for bringing music education into the political area and sees his contribution as important for the field's maturity and ongoing health. This essay seeks to expand Woodford's notion of democracy beyond the ideals of public intelligence or abstract reason so as to to highlight and engage with…
Descriptors: Music Education, Democracy, Conflict, Educational Philosophy
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Benedict, Cathy; Schmidt, Patrick K. – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2007
The authors have chosen to move together in examining the issue of social justice because they both struggle with the pedagogical implications of what it means to be in this world. As the authors seek to embody the dialectic process of creating new understandings in their lives, and thus in their classrooms, they seek also to create this through…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Music Education, Music, Educational Philosophy