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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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Beyond State Planned School-Based Curriculum Development: One Chinese School's Story
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Ye, Wangbei – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2012
View through a power perspective, this article critically evaluates tensions involved in China's school-based curriculum development (SBCD) in middle schools: the state's concern about control, accountability, and schools' eagerness to struggle for more decision-making power. This article examines how a Chinese school and its teachers go beyond…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
The Impact of Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) Professional Development on Teacher Perceptions of School Culture and Climate in the United States
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Watt, Karen M.; Huerta, Jeffery; Mills, Shirley J. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2010
This study examines relationships between Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) implementation and school culture and climate and between AVID professional development and teachers' perceptions of whether AVIDhas had an impact on their schools' culture and climate. More than 3,100 teachers attending professional development workshops…
Descriptors: School Culture, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Environment
Teacher Teams, Teamwork, and Empowerment: Exploring Associations and the Nexus to Change
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Henkin, Alan B.; Park, Sungmin; Singleton, Carole A. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2007
Research on team-based schools suggests the importance of teacher empowerment as a factor in the school revitalization and reform equation and as a critical element in redefining schools as collaborative workplaces. In this study, the authors inquire into potential associations between teamwork skills and teacher team empowerment. Research…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Team Teaching, Educational Change, Elementary Schools
Trust and Collaboration in Schools: Exploring Reciprocal Relationships in the Context of Decentralization and Reform in Korea
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Kim, Jae Wook; Henkin, Alan B. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2005
In this study, the authors explore potential relationships between trust and collaboration at both the school and individual levels of analysis. The study design focuses on a set of ostensibly reciprocal relationships between trust and collaboration. The database for the study is composed of self-reports of elementary and middle school teachers in…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Surveys