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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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Yoon, Ee-Seul – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2011
In recent decades, under the mutually constitutive processes of neoliberal urbanization and globalization, Vancouver has radically transformed and become a serious contender for the title of "world-class city". Against the background of this socio-spatial force reconfiguring the city, I explore how the city's unique development of "mini…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, Urban Areas, Political Attitudes
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Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2010
Advocates for boys' education have forwarded numerous "fixes" for boys' supposed educational woes, including both academic and non-academic programs and strategies. This article focuses on the lesser-discussed non-academic, extra-curricular means suggested, specifically outdoor education. Using qualitative analysis of an Australian school's…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Males
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Rezai-Rashti, Goli M.; McCarthy, Cameron – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2008
This paper deals with the discourses related to race and anti-racism in a social sciences textbook for grade 12 Ontario students that was published in 2002. It is argued that the complexities of race and anti-racism are not dealt with systematically and cohesively. The textbook does not adequately address the topics of race and racism within the…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Race, Social Sciences, Social Structure