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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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Brooker, Liz – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2010
This paper draws on recent re-conceptualisations of the notions of "care" and "caring" (Noddings, 1992; Tronto, 1993) to explore data from semi-structured interviews with the parents and key workers for about twenty children under three who were attending two London children's centres. Located in an environment of frequent new policy initiatives,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Child Care Centers, Parent Caregiver Relationship
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West, Anne; Roberts, Jonathan; Noden, Philip – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2010
There has been a focus on policies relating to early years education and care across the developed world and particularly in Europe. In the UK, there has been a raft of policy changes alongside increased investment. However, this paper argues that these changes may not be sufficient to meet EU objectives in terms of quality or the government's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Early Childhood Education, Government School Relationship
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Edmiston, Brian – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2010
In this paper I develop an alternative to prevailing moral development assumptions in early childhood education. Drawing on a Bakhtinian theoretical framework, theories of identity formation, and examples from my longitudinal research study of child-adult play, I reframe development as a lifelong process of coauthoring ethical identities that may…
Descriptors: Young Children, Adults, Play, Dramatic Play