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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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Robertson, Margaret – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2009
Collaborating with universities in Hong Kong, Finland, the United Kingdom and Australia the research project outlined in this paper takes up one of the key initial findings related to the importance of children's online spaces away from school. The project brings together complementary strengths from each partner nation to assist our mutual need…
Descriptors: Research Design, Citizenship, Democracy, Young Adults
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Robertson, Margaret; Doyle, Debbie – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
The slippery downhill slide of geography as a taught subject in Tasmanian schools is a lamentable case of lost opportunity. Curriculum reforms reported in previous Forum papers for IRGEE (Robertson, 2003a, 2003b) highlight the time lag in responses to these changes by geography educators. Perhaps because they have steadfastly held to the belief…
Descriptors: Geography, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
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Robertson, Margaret – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2004
Faced with a complex set of state, territory and federal government policies and regulations, the recent history of education and training in the Australian context has been one of increasing cooperation to find some shared goals and action for the future. This came to a climax in April 1999, when state, territory and commonwealth Ministers of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Geography, Foreign Countries, Federal Government