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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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DePalma, Renee; Jennett, Mark – Intercultural Education, 2010
This article presents some of the advances in legal support for addressing homophobia and transphobia in school settings and provides a critique of school-based policies that focus on these phenomena as particular incidents involving bullies and victims. Defining heteronormativity as a cultural phenomenon underpinning recognisable acts of…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Social Bias, Social Attitudes, Elementary Schools
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DePalma, Renee; Rego, Miguel A. Santos; Moledo, Maria del Mar Lorenzo – Intercultural Education, 2006
Providing a teaching practicum where university students preparing to be teachers can interact with children from different cultures has been widely praised as an effective means to improve teachers' cross-cultural sensitivity and teaching effectiveness. However, some research suggests that direct experience with minority children may in fact…
Descriptors: Latin Americans, Practicums, Multicultural Education, Minority Group Children