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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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Lieblein, Geir; Breland, Tor Arvid; Francis, Charles; Ostergaard, Edvin – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: This article examines and evaluates the potential contributions from action learning and action research with stakeholders to higher education in agriculture and food systems. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research is based on our experiences over the past two decades of running PhD courses and an MSc degree programme in Agroecology in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Agricultural Occupations, Action Research
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Ostergaard, Edvin; Lieblein, Geir; Breland, Tor Arvid; Francis, Charles – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2010
Preparing students for a complex and dynamic future is a challenge for educators. This article explores three crucial issues related to agroecological education and learning: (1) the phenomenological foundation for learning agroecology in higher education; (2) the process of students' interactions with a wide range of various learners within and…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Learning Processes, Phenomenology, Experiential Learning
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Francis, Charles; King, James; Lieblein, Geir; Breland, Tor Arvid; Salomonsson, Lennart; Sriskandarajah, Nadarajah; Porter, Paul; Wiedenhoeft, Mary – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2009
Our aim is to describe open-ended case studies for learning real-life problem solving skills, and relate this approach to conventional, closed-ended decision case studies. Teaching methods are open-ended cases in agroecology, an alternative to traditional strategies that lead students through prepared materials and structured discussions to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Food, Agriculture, Ecology