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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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Epistemological Awareness and Geographical Education in Portugal: The Practice of Newly Qualified Teachers
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Alexandre, Fernando – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2009
Geographical education in Portugal has undergone many reforms since the late 1970s. Reforms have affected mainly the content and the goals of the discipline's national curriculum, in a process designed to reflect the evolution of geography at academic level. However, the reforms seem to have had little effect on what teachers believe geography and…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Intellectual Disciplines, Geography, Foreign Countries
Emerging Models of Teacher Training: The Case of Portugal
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Alexandre, Fernando; Ferreira, Manuela; Miranda, Branca – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2004
The structural reforms of geography teacher training in Portugal have been justified by the global evolution of the educational system and took into account: (1) the political will to extend the period of compulsory schooling, which now covers the whole of lower secondary education, but will soon cover upper secondary education as well; (2) the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Geography, Professional Training, Course Content