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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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Kabir, Ariful Haq; Akter, Farjana – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2014
Parental involvement with secondary schools is a relatively new concept in the Bangladeshi education perspective. The formation of School Management Committee (SMC) and various programs carried out by the secondary schools have created opportunities for parents as community members to be involved in secondary schools in Bangladesh. This article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Secondary Schools, Stakeholders
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Waitoller, Federico R.; Kozleski, Elizabeth B. – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2013
Increasingly, universities and school districts share responsibility for teacher and student learning. Sharing responsibility demands that both institutions work to develop closer relationships through ongoing engagement, dialogue and negotiation. Drawing from Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), we examined one school/university…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Barriers, Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation
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West, Elizabeth A.; Hudson, Roxanne F. – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2010
Early career special educators must be engaged in conversations with developers of preservice teacher preparation programs to co-construct initial teacher education programs which meet their needs. The process of listening to the teachers themselves could serve to ensure that teachers are an explicit element of program design. This article…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Program Design, Teacher Education Programs, Focus Groups
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Sweetland, Julie – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2008
Building community and supporting learning are two principles of Whole Schooling. This article describes how Center for Inspired Teaching, a nonprofit educational reform organization, uses these principles to foster professional learning communities in public schools in Washington, DC. When change agents approach disengaged, disempowered faculties…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Resistance to Change, Change Agents, Educational Change
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Beamish, Wendy; Bryer, Fiona; Davies, Mike – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2006
This Australian study examined the emergence of collaborative processes when introducing co-teaching a unit of work into classroom practice. Six teams of regular and special educators at three primary schools (students aged 6 to 12 years) volunteered to systematically reflect on their co-teaching activities to design, implement, and evaluate a…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Experiential Learning, Special Education Teachers, Classrooms
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Hood, Antonette W.; Mc Neil, Mary E. – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2005
This article examines the research-based best practice of peer partnerships in schools and communities, as it relates to the principles of Whole Schooling. It also identifies complex issues of peer partnership program accessibility and the multidimensional needs of students and youth. The authors make recommendations that would lead to an increase…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Best Practices, Peer Relationship, Partnerships in Education