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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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Sultana, Ronald G. – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 1992
Discusses the formation of a teachers' movement in Malta. Describes organizational goals such as developing participatory democracies in school communities, working as pressure groups to influence educational policy making, and linking humanistic perspectives with a critical theory of schooling. Suggests that change occurs through dramatizing…
Descriptors: Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship
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Gillborn, David – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 1992
Uses data from English comprehensive schools to suggest that schools teach the reality of second class citizenship for African-American people through a hidden curriculum. Argues that teachers have the opportunity to challenge stereotypes and empower students by putting antiracist principles into practice. Stresses the need to recognize and…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classroom Research, Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education
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Clay, John; Cole, Mike – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 1992
Argues for an acknowledgement of the rise in Euroracism, a combination of postcolonial racism, antisemitism, and fascism. Discusses the role of initial teacher education in combatting forms of inequality. Rejects nationalistic and multicultural approaches in favor of an empowering curriculum. Concludes that interconnections between all forms of…
Descriptors: Ethnocentrism, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Racial Bias