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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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Tan, Charlene; Tan, Chee Soon – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2014
This article critically discusses the Singapore state's endeavor to balance social cohesion and cultural sustainability through the Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) curriculum. This article points out that underpinning the CCE syllabus are the state ideologies of communitarianism and multiracialism. It is argued that the ideology of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethical Instruction, Citizenship Education, Social Integration
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Tan, Charlene – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2009
As governments in many countries review their education systems to optimise their human capital in an age of globalisation, religious schools such as madrasahs (Islamic or Muslim schools) have also come under state scrutiny. This article examines the Singapore government's reform agenda for madrasah education in the country. It argues that the…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Foreign Countries