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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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Mackenzie, Erin; McMaugh, Anne; O'Sullivan, Kerry-Ann – Issues in Educational Research, 2012
Primary to secondary school transition has been identified as a significant and stressful event for young adolescent students. Recent research has focused on individual aspects of coping with the challenges of transition in order to determine features that may act as protective or harmful factors. This study employs a mixed-method design to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Early Adolescents, Focus Groups, Stress Variables
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Ardzejewska, Kathie; McMaugh, Anne; Coutts, Pamela – Issues in Educational Research, 2010
The delivery of the primary curriculum has been subject to recent debate in Western countries. In Australia, the primary teacher is by and large considered a generalist; however a current paradox exists whereby there are claims that specialists are needed to deliver the curriculum. This study explores this claim by first addressing the prevalence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Specialists, Principals, Elementary School Teachers