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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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Applying an Appreciative Inquiry Process to a Course Evaluation in Higher Education
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Kung, Susie; Giles, David; Hagan, Bill – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2013
While appreciative inquiry (AI) has its origins in organizational development, this article considers the application of AI within a course evaluation in higher education. An AI process was deemed appropriate given its concern for peak performance or life-centric experiences. Former students of a particular course, along with current students,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Course Evaluation, Inquiry, Learning Experience
Exploring Leadership as a Phenomenon in an Educational Leadership Paper: An Innovative Pedagogical Approach Opens the Unexpected
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Giles, David; Morrison, Michele – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2010
Neoliberal ideologies influence both the content and pedagogical approach of educational leadership programmes. This article proposes an alternate pedagogy, one which privileges the experiential nature of the leadership and challenges students to critique prevailing ideologies within education. The authors describe the reshaping of a compulsory,…
Descriptors: Ideology, Leadership Training, Instructional Leadership, Teaching Methods