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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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Ryan, Josephine; Jones, Melitta; Walta, Caroline – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2012
The study described in this paper Creating an effective practicum model for rural and regional preservice teachers is designed to address the ongoing difficulties experienced by schools and universities as they seek to provide high quality preservice teacher education for individuals in rural areas. Lecturers from the regional campuses of two…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Campuses
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Broadley, Tania – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2012
Impending changes in Australian education brings forth the expected transformation of teachers working in schools. Three key points for transforming Australian schools has been identified by Gillard (2008a) including the improvement of quality teaching, ensuring every child benefits and mandating transparency and accountability. A number of…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Educational Change
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Anderson, Neil – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2012
This paper outlines a project to develop and track "design thinking" skills within groups of students in late primary and early secondary years of schooling in order to strengthen their creative skills and innovative mindsets. The outcome of the research will be the development of a model for the broad-based implementation of design thinking in…
Descriptors: Innovation, Rural Education, Multimedia Instruction, Computer Games