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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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Setting the Bar High: Danish Youth Education Counselors and National School-Completion Goals
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Nurse, Anne M. – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2014
European countries are striving to increase secondary school completion rates as part of their labor market planning. Denmark has taken an approach that places youth education guidance counselors at the center of their efforts. Based on interviews with 25 counselors and 10 other education leaders, this article explores the role and practice of…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Career Planning
Dynamics of Acculturation, Enculturation, and Ethnic Identity: Influence of Psychocultural Constructs on Conscientiousness and Expectations of Higher Education among Latinos
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Cano, Miguel Angel; Castillo, Linda G.; Davis, Matthew J.; Lopez-Arenas, Araceli; Vaquero, Juana; Thompson, Keisha V.; Saldivar, Isaac M. – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2012
This study investigated the influence of psychocultural variables (e.g., acculturation, enculturation, ethnic identity) and personality characteristics in relation to educational expectations among 345 Latino middle school students in the U.S. Results from a path model indicate that 24.4% of the variance of educational expectations was accounted…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Acculturation, Predictor Variables, Personality
Unaccompanied Asian Secondary Students Studying in Canada
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Popadiuk, Natalee E. – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2009
This research examined the facilitating and hindering events associated with the transition and adjustment of Asian adolescent international students--that is, unaccompanied secondary school students studying abroad. Twenty-one male and female participants attending three urban secondary schools in Western Canada were interviewed using the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Asians
Coping Strategies of Caribbean "Problem Students"
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Maynard, Donna-Maria B.; Welch, Patricia L. – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2009
The coping strategies of middle adolescents (14-16 years) generate interest amongst educators, parents, school psychologists and school counsellors. This study, using a phenomenological approach, examined the coping strategies of "problem" adolescents in the Caribbean in regard to their interactions with peers and teachers. Data were collected…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Adolescents, Coping, Data Analysis
HIV/AIDS-Anxiety among Adolescent Students in Botswana
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Onyewadume, Mary Adeola – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2008
This research investigated the incidence of HIV/AIDS anxiety among students in Botswana. The sample comprised 240 randomly selected students from six schools in three districts in Botswana, with data collected via a questionnaire. Percentages and Chi-square were used to analyze the extent to which the students were anxious about HIV/AIDS and if…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Anxiety