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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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The European Court of Human Rights, Secular Education and Public Schooling
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Arthur, James; Holdsworth, Michael – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2012
Since 9/11 the European Court of Human Rights (the European Court) has raised anew the question of the relationship between religion and public education. In its reasoning, the European Court has had to consider competing normative accounts of the secular, either to accept or deny claims to religious liberty within Europe's public education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Christianity, Court Litigation, Civil Rights
The Re-Emergence of Character Education in British Education Policy
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Arthur, James – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2005
Character education is a specific approach to morals or values education, which is consistently linked with citizenship education. But how is it possible for a heterogeneous society that disagrees about basic values to reach a consensus on what constitutes character education? This article explores how character education has returned to the…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Values Education, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries