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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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Boon, Helen – Australian Educational Researcher, 2009
Regional Australian students were surveyed to explore their understanding and knowledge of the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion and climate change. Results were compared with a parallel study undertaken in 1991 in a regional UK city. The comparison was conducted to investigate whether more awareness and understanding of these issues is…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Climate, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries
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Mills, Martin; Goos, Merrilyn; Keddie, Amanda; Honan, Eileen; Pendergast, Donna; Gilbert, Rob; Nichols, Kim; Renshaw, Peter; Wright, Tony – Australian Educational Researcher, 2009
This paper identifies the ways in which the Productive Pedagogies framework has been refined as a research tool for evaluating classroom practice within a current study into issues of school reform in Queensland. Initially emerging from the landmark Queensland School Reform Longitudinal Study (1998-2001), the Productive Pedagogies has been taken…
Descriptors: Research Tools, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, School Restructuring
Rennie, Jennifer – Australian Educational Researcher, 2006
This paper reports on a qualitative study which generated detailed case study information about the transition experiences of seven Indigenous students as they moved from Year 7 in their community school to Year 8 in their new urban high school context (Rennie, Wallace, Falk & Wignell 2004). In particular the study aimed to document the literacy…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Community Schools, Student Attitudes, Literacy Education