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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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Groves, Robin; Welsh, Bridie – Issues in Educational Research, 2010
Increasingly it is recognised that high school students' views about learning and school experiences are important considerations in education. Students' insights are important as a basis for their active and productive involvement, and where there is a serious intention to improve students' learning. This paper reports on the learning and school…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Educational Experience
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Hodgson, David – Issues in Educational Research, 2007
This paper is concerned with research into early school leaving. A narrative interview approach was used to document and analyse the experiences, processes and decisions that a small sample of boys made prior to leaving school, in this case, before completing year 10 and 11. Data collected in 2004 indicate that schools along with students…
Descriptors: Dropout Research, Dropouts, Dropout Characteristics, Interviews