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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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"Cutting Nature's Leading Strings": A Cautionary Tale about Constructivism
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Jardine, David W. – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2005
This paper explores some of the historical and political ancestries of constructivism. In it, I suggest that there are dark and potentially ecologically disastrous themes hidden in the happy use of constructivism in contemporary education.
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Ecology, Self Esteem, Negative Attitudes
Birding Lessons and the Teachings of Cicadas.
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Jardine, David W. – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 1998
Explores the ecological and pedagogical images hidden within a tale of the author's returning to the place where he grew up and going for a birding walk with some old friends. Contains 18 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Birds, Ecology, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries