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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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Education Policy Convergence through the Open Method of Coordination: Theoretical Reflections and Implementation in "Old" and "New" National Contexts
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Alexiadou, Nafsika; Fink-Hafner, Danica; Lange, Bettina – European Educational Research Journal, 2010
This article addresses two key questions about the convergence of education policies in the European Union (EU). How does the open method of coordination (OMC), a new governance instrument for the Europeanisation of education policies, change existing national education policy making and how can the OMC and national responses to it be researched?…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Public Policy, Coordination
New Forms of European Union Governance in the Education Sector? A Preliminary Analysis of the Open Method of Coordination
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Lange, Bettina; Alexiadou, Nafsika – European Educational Research Journal, 2007
This article critically explores how a new form of European Union (EU) governance--the open method of coordination (OMC)--impinges on education policies. The first part discusses three key characteristics of the OMC, in particular its flexibility, reflexivity and reliance on the techniques of new public management. It also outlines briefly why the…
Descriptors: Criticism, International Cooperation, Politics, Foreign Countries