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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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Garratt, Dean; Piper, Heather – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2012
In this article, we argue for a purposeful re-introduction of philosophical enquiry to the process and pedagogy of citizenship education. We suggest the development of philosophy and critical thinking skills may usefully improve social and political awareness in young people. Moving beyond the boundary of the formal curriculum, we encourage the…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Social Responsibility, Thinking Skills
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Garratt, Dean; Piper, Heather – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2010
This article examines the on-going saga of citizenship education in the UK against a backdrop of conceptual confusions and contradictions around the question of what it means to share a civic identity. Noting calls to grasp the social and political realities of an emerging cosmopolitanism, and move towards a more identity-based conception of…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Nationalism, Politics of Education