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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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Lacefield, Warren E.; Mahan, James M. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1980
This follow-up study investigated teacher attitude change over one preservice and three in-service years. The most significant finding was that professional preparation is a more critical variable affecting teacher attitudes than several years of post-graduate teaching experience. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Followup Studies
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Lacefield, Warren E.; Mahan, James M. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1988
Problems and unmet needs of non-traditional students in graduate degree programs were studied through ratings by 10 older Hispanic graduate students well removed in time from previous schooling, 10 younger Anglo graduate students, and 10 graduate faculty members teaching in Curriculum and School Administration graduate programs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Graduate School Faculty, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Mahan, James M.; Lacefield, Warren E. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1982
Employment success and job satisfaction were compared for beginning teachers who had successfully completed intensive multi-cultural course and field experiences and for those who had traditional course and field experiences. The findings favored the culturally prepared graduates who had greater success in finding teaching jobs and obtaining their…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Education, Employment Opportunities