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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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Lavoie, Constance; Mark, Marie-Paul; Jenniss, Brigitte – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2014
This article presents a community-based pedagogical initiative for teaching vocabulary. The research took place in the Innu community of Unamen Shipu in northern Quebec. The study introduced a teaching method grounded in Indigenous knowledge theory that exemplified the multiliteracies pedagogy principles. This exploratory study used participatory…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Multiple Literacies, Indigenous Knowledge
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Haraseb, Victoria – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
The Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa (WIMSA) has been working to improve conditions for San communities since 1996. San communities in Namibia have an extremely high dropout rate compared to all other populations in the country, and one of WIMSA's most important areas of focus is education. Early Childhood Development…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Dropout Rate, Young Children, Learning Processes
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Ebbeck, Marjory; Yim, Hoi Yin Bonnie; Lee, Lai Wan Maria – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2010
This article presents some findings of a small-scale research study carried out in 1 kindergarten in Hong Kong. The study looked at the problems associated with the transition of families from one culture (mainland China) to a new culture (Hong Kong), concentrating on the children's development of a sense of belonging in Hong Kong. Specific issues…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Kindergarten, Young Children, Child Development
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Earick, Mary E. – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2010
This article includes 3 transformative action research case studies conducted in 3 geographically diverse locations--the Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast United States--with children between the ages of 4 and 7. The case studies that are the focus of this article were selected from studies collected between 1997 and 2007. The outcomes of each…
Descriptors: Race, Play, Action Research, Racial Identification