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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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Moore, Jane – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2013
"They throw Spears" was written as part of the research for my PhD at the University of Sydney. The study was conducted in two primary schools: one in a remote area in the Northern Territory (NT) and one in an urban setting in Tasmania. It was conducted in 2009 and investigated Indigenous and non-Indigenous student, non-Indigenous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music, Music Education, Indigenous Populations
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Kaya, Hassan O.; Seleti, Yonah N. – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2013
The higher education system in Africa and South Africa in particular, is still too academic and distant from the developmental challenges of African local communities. The integration of African indigenous knowledge systems (AIKS) into the higher educational system could improve its relevance. This is due to the holistic, community-based nature…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Relevance (Education), Indigenous Knowledge
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Thomas, Grace; Whitten, Janet – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2012
In Australia, principles of inclusivity and access are explicit in education policies and are actively supported by government funding. In India, with a vast and diversely managed array of schools, limited resources and an absence of public funding, it cannot be assumed that official principles of access and equity apply. This small-scale study of…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries, Accessibility (for Disabled)
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Shiveley, James M.; Misco, Thomas – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2012
Given the purported benefits pre-service teachers can gain from international experiences, we chose to conduct a qualitative case-study to explore the extent to which these experiences influenced the hiring decisions of local school administrators. We collected data using questionnaires and follow-up interviews and found that in many instances…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Student Teaching, Preservice Teachers, Administrator Attitudes
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Hayes, Michael T.; Hudson, Roxanne – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2012
In this paper we describe a qualitative research project conducted at a public elementary school in a rural community in Guatemala. From analysis of interviews with teachers and the school administrator, we found that a key concern of participants was how they viewed the increasingly problematic relationship between their local educational…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries, Privatization, Teacher Attitudes
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Preston, Jane P. – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2012
Based on a qualitative case study conducted within one Saskatchewan (Canada) rural community, the purpose of this article is to describe the challenges a school council faced when supporting a school improvement plan. The primary data for the study were 35 semi-structured individual interviews conducted with school council members, teachers, and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries, Semi Structured Interviews, Teacher Attitudes