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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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Dent, Renuka Jeyarajah; Cameron, R. J. Sean – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2003
Significant adults who support and teach children are only too aware of the effects of adverse experiences on intellectual, social and personal development. Less easily predicted, however, is a small number of young people who, despite many negative experiences, seem to make a considerable success of their lives. In this paper, the intriguing…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Young Adults, Educational Psychology, Personality Traits
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Arora, Tiny C. M. J. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2003
This paper reviews the literature on home education with reference to issues that may concern educational psychologists. It notes the fast growing number of families (at present, 1% of the UK school population) who have chosen to educate their school-aged children at home. The great majority of home-educated children are reported to be well…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Psychologists, Educational Psychology
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Frederickson, Norah – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2003
This paper reports an investigation of the factors that educational psychologists in training (EPiTs) look for when applying for jobs in educational psychology services. Relevant literature on "job attraction" is reviewed and a three-stage research process employed. This involved a focus group approach to questionnaire generation followed by…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Recruitment, Psychologists, Focus Groups
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Timmins, Paul; Shepherd, Deborah; Kelly, Tom – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2003
This paper describes the evaluation of a local authority behaviour support initiative that involved the re-location of four behaviour support teachers from pupil referral units into three mainstream secondary schools to work with pupils at risk of exclusion. The evaluation was largely illuminative (Parlett, 1981) and focused on the effect of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Research and Development, Psychologists, Educational Practices
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Dennis, Ruth – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2003
Recent national changes in "Early Years" policy are likely to have major impact on the practice and profession of educational psychology. In this paper, implications at the individual, service and systemic levels are examined and practice examples given of how an Educational Psychology Service (EPS) might rise to the new challenges these major…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, School Districts, Early Childhood Education
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Burnett, Paul C.; Proctor, Romina M. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2002
Examined the relationships between academic self-concepts, learner self-concept, and approaches to learning in a sample of 580 Australian elementary school students in grades 6 and 7. Found week negative correlations between learner self-concepts and surface approaches to learning. Found that deep approaches for both boys and girls showed the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary School Students, Learning Strategies, Self Concept
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