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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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Ní Chróinín, Déirdre; O'Sullivan, Mary – Irish Educational Studies, 2014
A better understanding of the relationship between beginning teachers' beliefs and the pedagogies of teacher education (TE) programmes that support their learning across time can enhance TE programme effectiveness. This 6-year longitudinal study examined the development and change of beginning primary classroom teachers' (n = 6) beliefs…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Beginning Teacher Induction, Longitudinal Studies, Teacher Attitudes
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O'Sullivan, Mary; MacPhail, Ann; Tannehill, Deborah – Irish Educational Studies, 2009
There is a growing body of research and scholarship highlighting the importance of teachers and teaching to children's learning and life opportunities (Bransford, Darling-Hammond and LePage 2005). More specifically what teachers do in classrooms is a function of many things (e.g., content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge) including their belief…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Teaching (Occupation), Physical Education, Preservice Teachers
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Collier, Connie; MacPhail, Ann; O'Sullivan, Mary – Irish Educational Studies, 2007
This article explores accounts of student discourse related to the role of physical activity and sport in the lives of Irish children and youth. The data source is a purposeful sample of student narratives based upon age of student, type of school and gender, and sought representation from both rural and urban settings. Data were derived from an…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Sport Psychology, Athletics