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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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King, Keith A.; Vidourek, Rebecca A. – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2010
Focus groups were conducted with middle and high school students (N = 78) in nine urban, suburban and rural schools to examine students' perceptions regarding school-based respect. Students defined school-based respect as treating others as you would like to be treated, listening to others, honoring others' property/personal space, and refraining…
Descriptors: Personal Space, Rural Schools, Mentors, Student Attitudes
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Martin, Stewart – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2007
How welcome parents and carers feel at their children's school seems likely to have a significant influence on the degree to which they and their children engage with its educational programme. The ethos of the school and the nature of the classroom environment as determined by teachers are therefore significant and continuing features of its…
Descriptors: Participant Observation, Classroom Environment, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Technology
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Burgess, Elias – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2003
In this article, an eighth grader talks about his experiences at school and shares his views about middle-school education. This 13-year-old does not know what exactly started the war, but what he knows is that the school kids of America aren't learning much that is new--and they don't know what to believe. He knows that somewhere out there, the…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Student Experience, Phenomenology, Middle School Students