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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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Millei, Zsuzsa – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2012
This article critiques guidance approaches to discipline, that are employed in early childhood environments with an aim to create democratic environments for children, and as part of "good" practices. Advocates of guidance claim that this is a more humane or democratic approach to discipline that empowers children, and therefore, power in the…
Descriptors: Children, Student Behavior, Discipline, Classroom Environment
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Ryan, Sharon – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2008
According to this author, the field of teaching young children is at a pivotal point in its history. On the one hand, there is an unprecedented attention from policy-makers and funders all keen to reap the proven economic, social and academic outcomes of early childhood for their communities. However, unlike the K-12 system, the provision of early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Early Intervention, Global Approach
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Selbie, Philip; Clough, Peter – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2005
The use of fictional writing, and in particular fictional dialogue, has gained increasing credibility and popularity within the field of qualitative social science research (Clough, 2002; Denzin, 1997; Tierney, 1998) but research in early childhood education has yet to exploit such methodologies. This article asks: what is meant by the term…
Descriptors: Research Design, Social Science Research, Early Childhood Education, Young Children