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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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Teaching for Thinking.
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High School Journal, 1978
A brief review of some of the classic studies on thinking ability and thought processes, outlining five principles for the teaching of thinking. (SJL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Principles, Educational Research, Learning Theories
Justice Douglas: Advocate of Free Expression in Schools.
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Wallfisch, M. Charles – High School Journal, 1980
In discussing the views of William O. Douglas, the author focuses first on the Supreme Court cases involving speech and press in secondary schools during his term. He then considers the rationales Douglas employed--both on and off the bench--to support the desirability of free expression in secondary schools. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Court Judges, Court Litigation
It Bears Repeating: The Eight Year Study.
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Unks, Gerald; And Others – High School Journal, 1979
In the 1930s, the best known and most heavily funded effort to reform American secondary education was the Eight Year Study. This article examines the study not only for what its results showed but also because it prompted a debate over curriculum innovation that is still relevant. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
It Bears Repeating: Understanding the Work of the Teacher: Some Light from the Past.
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Fortgang, Stephen J. – High School Journal, 1980
Reviews the work of Howard S. Becker who, in the 1950s, analyzed teaching as a service occupation and drew parallels with other such occupations in terms of worker-client relationships and authority structures. (SJL)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Job Analysis, Role Perception, Secondary Education