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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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Sammons, Pam; Kington, Alison; Lindorff-Vijayendran, Ariel; Ortega, Lorena – CfBT Education Trust, 2014
This study investigates the notion of "inspiring" teaching. The research was commissioned by CfBT as part of a collaborative professional development initiative involving its schools. It arose from headteachers' suggestions that schools nominate a number of "inspiring" teachers so that their practice could be studied and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Observation, Interviews
Sammons, Pam; Kington, Alison; Lindorff-Vijayendran, Ariel; Ortega, Lorena – CfBT Education Trust, 2014
This research study investigates the notion of "inspiring" teaching through case studies of a purposive sample of 17 primary and secondary school teachers in England. The research was commissioned by CfBT Education Trust as part of a collaborative professional development initiative involving its schools. It arose from headteachers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Observation, Interviews
Elwick, Alex, Ed. – CfBT Education Trust, 2014
This research was commissioned by CfBT Education Trust and carried out in conjunction with the Institute for the Future of the Mind at the University of Oxford. The project sought to establish whether teaching pupils about the brain could impact upon their beliefs about their own intelligence (amongst other motivational measures) and ultimately…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Brain, Learning Motivation, Science Instruction
Day, Christopher; Sammons, Pamela – CfBT Education Trust, 2013
School leaders are under considerable pressure to demonstrate the contribution of their work to school improvement, which has resulted in the creation of a wide range of literature which addresses leadership in the context of school improvement. This review pays particular attention to issues including transformational leadership,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Participative Decision Making