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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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De Coster, Isabelle; Borodankova, Olga; De Almeida Coutinho, Ana Sofia; Paolini, Giulia – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2012
This publication aims to capture how policies and measures relating to citizenship education have evolved over recent years in European countries. It focuses on the following areas which are integral to the provision of citizenship education: (1) Curriculum aims, approaches and organisation; (2) Student and parent participation in school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, National Curriculum, Teaching Methods
Kocanova, Daniela; Paolini, Giulia; Borodankova, Olga – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2011
This report has been prepared in direct response to the Action Plan on Adult Learning "It is always a good time to learn" (European Commission, 2007), and, more specifically, to its stated objective of increasing the opportunities for adults to achieve a qualification at least one level higher than they previously held. The document focuses on the…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Adult Education
Borodankova, Olga; Coutinho, Ana Sofia Almeida – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2011
This study is a contribution from the Eurydice Network to the debate on school failure and early school leaving within the framework of the European Commission's policy on education and training. In all education systems, in one form or another, pupil progress is assessed throughout the school year and various measures are put in place to support…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Grade Repetition, Students, Foreign Countries
Bourgeois, Ania – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2011
The European Commission has long supported and helped further the cause of entrepreneurship education. Within the education and training agenda, the strategic framework for European cooperation, Education and Training 2020 has, as its fourth long-term strategic objective, to enhance creativity and innovation, including entrepreneurship, at all…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Guidelines, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Baidak, Nathalie; Horvath, Anna; Sharp, Caroline; Kearney, Caroline – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2009
Education in European countries is subject to many competing demands which have an influence on the organisation and content of arts education. Increasing globalisation has brought both benefits and challenges, including those arising from increased international competition, migration and multiculturalism, advancements in technology and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Education, Cultural Education, Educational Objectives
De Coster, Isabelle – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2009
This document talks about immigrant children, who are defined here as either children born in another country (within or outside Europe) or children whose parents or grandparents were born in another country. So the term "immigrant children" used here covers various situations, which can be referred to in other contexts as "newly-arrived…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Refugees, Minority Groups, Foreign Countries