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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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Lahelma, Elina; Lappalainen, Sirpa; Mietola, Reetta; Palmu, Tarja – Ethnography and Education, 2014
In this article, we discuss the usefulness of collaborative, multi-sited and cross-cultural ethnography. Giving three examples from our work, we suggest that it is possible to find new kinds of interpretations by joint reflections that draw from several studies with their own research questions. The cases presented discuss teachers'…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Cross Cultural Studies, Sexuality, Gender Differences
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Lappalainen, Sirpa – Ethnography and Education, 2008
In children's lives the start of school is a turning point: compulsory education is their first encounter with civil duties. This important step in the process of becoming individual citizens is permeated with strong emotions and ambivalent expectations. However, the representations of school are created, established and negotiated in educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Compulsory Education, Ethnography, Early Childhood Education