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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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Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2010
In a quantitative survey of religious attitudes and practices in a multi-religious sample of 369 school pupils aged between 13 and 15 in London, the presence of a home shrine was found widespread in 11% of adolescents spanning several religious affiliations and ethnicities--especially Buddhists, Hindus and those of Indian, Chinese and "Other…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Social Services, Religious Factors, Foreign Countries
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Dahlin, Bo – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2010
In the wake of globalisation, multiculturalism, and the "marketisation" of schools the education-for-citizenship question in relation to state and independent schools seems increasingly relevant. This paper is based on a comparison of beliefs and values related to civic and moral issues among students in Swedish mainstream and Steiner Waldorf…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Student Attitudes, Moral Issues, Cultural Pluralism
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Freathy, R. J. K. – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2006
This article discusses the outcomes of a questionnaire survey which sought to ascertain the attitudes of young people towards the Bible. One thousand and sixty-six pupils from Years 6, 9 and 12 in nine English schools participated. The young people's attitudes are discussed in relation to gender, age and attendance at a place of worship. The…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Young Adults, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes