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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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Exploring Identity and Multiliteracies through Graphic Narratives
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King, Alyson E. – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2015
In a first-year, university-level communication course that examined issues of race, ethnicity, postcolonialism, diaspora, and coming-of-age using different points of view and modes of communication, students created graphic novel-style auto-ethnographies to reflect on their experiences with diaspora and identity creation. The assignment was an…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Multiple Literacies, Race, Ethnicity
Deconstructing Religious Identity, Difference, and Belonging: Implications for Anti-Racist Pedagogy
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Arber, Ruth – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2015
Increasing numbers of Australians identify with a multiplicity of religion groups or have no religious affiliation. Despite this, the representation of religious groups other than Christian--and the implications of this for anti-racist pedagogy in Australian schools--is seldom explored. This article interrogates the ways in which the most…
Descriptors: Religion, Self Concept, Racial Bias, Discourse Analysis
Children of Mexican Immigrants' Aspiration-Attainment Gap and Educational Resilience
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Paat, Yok-Fong – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2015
This article examines the aspiration-attainment gap and educational resilience among children of Mexican immigrants in the midst of the post-1965 U.S. demographic transformation. Two widespread theoretical explanations are used to understand the educational disparities faced by this subpopulation: the cultural argument, which emphasizes their…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Immigrants, Academic Aspiration, Achievement Gap
Neo-Liberalism and Practices of Selection in Arab Education in Israel: Between Control and Empowerment
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Pinson, Halleli; Agbaria, Ayman K. – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2015
Similar to other national contexts, in Israel since the 1980s we have witnessed the emergence of neo-liberal policies in education. However, very little attention has been given to the ways in which they affect the school level and even less attention has been given to the impact of these policy changes on Arab schools in Israel. This article…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Foreign Countries, Arabs, Educational Policy