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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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Gill, Scherto; Niens, Ulrike – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
In this literature review, we explore the potential role of education in supporting peacebuilding and societal transformation after violent conflict. Following a critical analysis of the literature published by academics and practitioners, we identify the notion of humanisation (as in the seminal works of Paulo Freire and others) as a unifying…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Role of Education, Dialogs (Language)
Osipian, Ararat L. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
This study analyses the issue of comparative corruption in the national higher education sectors in the United States of America (USA) and the Russian Federation (RF). Corruption in higher education, as well as the way it is addressed in legislation and court cases and reflected in the media, appears to be consistent with the trajectory and pace…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Higher Education
Russell, Susan Garnett; Tiplic, Dijana – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
This paper investigates the extent to which rights-based education is utilised in textbooks from conflict-affected countries. Drawing on a unique dataset of 528 secondary social science textbooks from 71 countries from 1966 to 2008, we analyse factors that predict a rights discourse in texts. We find that textbooks from conflict-affected nations…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Textbooks, Content Analysis, Educational Change