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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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Forrest, David; Watson, Amanda – International Journal of Music Education, 2012
Over the last decade a shift has occurred in Australia from an outcomes-based approach to curriculum design and delivery to organizing curriculum delivered as essential learning(s). Curriculum is identified in terms of essential learning that specifies standards for student achievement. Schools have been encouraged to develop rich curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum, Music Education, Curriculum Development
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Watson, Amanda; Forrest, David – International Journal of Music Education, 2008
In 1994, the Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) initiated two related projects supporting and acknowledging composition in schools and offering the opportunity for secondary school-aged students to work with prominent Australian composers. These were the Young Composers' Project and the Composer-in-Residence Project. Both projects were…
Descriptors: Music Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Career Education
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Forrest, David – International Journal of Music Education, 2004
This article provides a biographical sketch of the Russian composer and educator D. B. Kabalevsky, a discussion of his philosophy of music and education, and an overview of his music for children. Kabalevsky's philosophy of education and music encompassed a wide range of ideas that were developed over his life-time. Central to his philosophy is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music, Children, Music Education