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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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Children's Representations of Cultural Scripts in Play: Facilitating Transition from Home to Preschool in an Intercultural Early Learning Program for Refugee Children
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Kirova, Anna – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2010
This article focuses on the role of play as a cultural activity in refugee children's transition from home to preschool. The "culture-free" view of play as a means for development of a "universal" child was challenged and an alternative view presented of play as a culturally leading activity in the development of a culturally situated child based…
Descriptors: Afro Asiatic Languages, Semitic Languages, Role, Play
Critical Issues in Conducting Research with Immigrant Children
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Kirova, Anna; Emme, Michael – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2007
In this article, we explore critical issues in research with immigrant and refugee children. In particular, we examine the implications of various critiques of research methodologies, the ethical implications of researching children in the light of the United Nations (UN; 1989) "Convention on the Rights of the Child," and the new approach to…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Parent Rights, Power Structure, Interpersonal Communication