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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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Bottery, Mike; Wright, Nigel; James, Sarah – Education 3-13, 2012
This paper describes how two primary head teachers, nationally recognised as role models for the development of an education for sustainable development (ESD) in their schools, manage the implementation of this area. In doing so, it shows how they adopt two very different approaches to ESD and to their job generally, and suggests that whilst there…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Sustainable Development, Role Models, Personality
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Bottery, Mike; Ngai, George; Wong, P. M.; Wong, P. H. – Education 3-13, 2008
This article provides two "portraits" of headteachers in primary schools in England and Hong Kong, derived from semi-structured interviews with these individuals. Contrary to some claims that such a small sample is worthless, this article argues that what is most meaningful is sometimes derived from the singular and unique; that generalisations in…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Foreign Countries, Primary Education, Teachers