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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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McWilliam, Erica – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2009
This paper serves three purposes. First, it makes a case for seeing creativity as a key learning outcome in our times, and thus the core business of education. It then goes on to examine the nexus of creativity and pedagogy, showing the conceptual work done to demonstrate creativity as a learnable set of dispositions and capabilities. Finally and…
Descriptors: Creativity, Teaching Methods, Learning, English
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McWilliam, Erica; Sanderson, Don; Evans, Terry; Lawson, Alan; Taylor, Peter G. – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2006
Universities are under no less pressure to adopt risk management strategies than other public and private organisations. The risk management of doctoral education is a particularly important issue given that a doctorate is the highest academic qualification a university offers and stakes are high in terms of assuring its quality. However, intense…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Educational Anthropology, Educational Sociology, Educational Psychology
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Singh, Parlo; McWilliam, Erica – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2005
Child care and protection have become key issues of concern for all teachers, and particularly for those teachers responsible for the care of young children. In this paper, we analyse focus group data on the topic of child care and protection produced by primary school teachers in Queensland, Australia. By drawing on concepts from cultural…
Descriptors: Globalization, Foreign Countries, Teachers, Focus Groups