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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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Building Bridging Social Capital in a Divided Society: The Role of Participatory Citizenship Education
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McMurray, Alan; Niens, Ulrike – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2012
Participatory citizenship education has been highlighted as a strategy to promote social cohesion in divided societies whereby collaborations with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and inter-school links have been proposed as tools to improve social networks between schools and communities. This article explores the role and meaning of…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Focus Groups, Community Involvement
Understandings of Citizenship Education in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland: Public Discourses among Stakeholders in the Public and Private Sectors
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Niens, Ulrike; McIlrath, Lorraine – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2010
Internationally, citizenship education has come to the fore in the past decade. It may be particularly important within the context of societies with a legacy of political conflict, such as Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, where it is being implemented as part of the statutory curriculum. This article explores understandings of…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Conflict