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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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Brock, Paul – English in Australia, 2013
This article is based on the authors' own experience of Garth Boomer as a splendid friend, a superb colleague, and an inspirational leader. In September 2005 the author was invited to deliver the Garth Boomer Memorial Lecture at the Biennial International Conference of the Australian Curriculum Studies Association (ACSA). This article is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Instruction, English Curriculum, Teaching Styles
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Manuel, Jacqueline; Brock, Paul – English in Australia, 2003
Outlines key transformations of secondary education in New South Wales in the twentieth century. Discusses the debate of whether the study of literature should be compulsory. Details the study of literature articulated in the 1965 syllabus and its revision in the 1990s. (PM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), English Curriculum, English Literature
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Brock, Paul – English in Australia, 1980
Responds to the cries of a "great illiteracy scandal." Notes where some of the problems exist in literacy instruction, and why they might contribute to a literacy crisis. (RL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Change, Educational History, English Instruction