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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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From China to Hong Kong: A Reflection on the Impact of the Educational Reform in the Deweyan Perspective on Early Childhood Education in the Land of the Dragon
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Lau, Grace – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2012
While Dewey's progressive philosophy did not have the wide-ranging influence over the developing republic that some of his students had wished, it did influence educators and help to shape evolving thought about education (Keenan, 1977). Because of the constraints and difficulties in realizing the child-centered curriculum in a genuine sense, a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Research on Children's Concepts of God and Spirituality and Its Implications on Educational Inequality in Early Childhood Educational Reform in Hong Kong
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Lau, Grace – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2010
In his 2006-2007 policy address, the chief executive of Hong Kong committed HK$2 billion to enhancing holistic early childhood education through the instigation of a school voucher scheme. The new paradigm of a child-centered curriculum is considered necessary to keep pace with international quality educational developments. The paradigm of…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Early Childhood Education, Ideology, Young Children