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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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Burgess, Cathie – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
This study explores the role of agency in early career Aboriginal teachers expressions of their professional identity. It argues that in the context of teaching, opportunities to exercise personal agency are critical to the development and maintenance of a "healthy" professional identity, particularly for those traditionally disempowered…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Role Perception, Beginning Teachers, Interviews
Burgess, Cathie; Cavanagh, Pat – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
This paper reports on effective strategies for developing the cultural competence of teachers involved in Aboriginal education and presents the preliminary findings of a review into the Connecting to Country Program (CTC), a joint venture of the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) and the NSW Department of Education and Communities…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Cultural Awareness, Faculty Development, Teacher Competencies