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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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Bray, Mark – International Review of Education, 2008
The World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) has been strongly concerned with intercultural dialogue since the Council was created in 1970. Indeed advancement of education "for international understanding in the interests of peace, intercultural cooperation, mutual respect among peoples and observance of human rights" is one of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, International Organizations, Nongovernmental Organizations, Intercultural Communication
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Mukundan, Mullikottu-Veettil; Bray, Mark – International Review of Education, 2004
The decentralisation of educational administration has been widely advocated as a strategy to promote local participation in education. However, the fact that this advocacy has a long history raises the question why decentralisation has not been achieved in more educational systems. The answers to this question are many and complex. Among them are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrative Organization, Educational Administration, Educational Change
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Bray, Mark; Lee, W. O. – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1993
Examines the relationship between decolonization and democratization through an analysis of the case of Hong Kong. Discusses Hong Kong's tradition lack of politization and the movement for democratization as decolonization approaches. Addresses the role of education in that process. (Contains 38 references.) (MAB)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Colonialism, Democracy