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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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Bullough, Robert V., Jr. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
Taking the form of a personal essay, the author describes developments within teacher education in the USA over a 40-year period, since the founding of "JET." Beginning with his work within teacher education as a graduate student and moving across time, he describes major movements in teacher education, discusses several of the most…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change, Educational History
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Bullough, Robert V., Jr. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2012
Situating the quest for "best practice" in education in the early ambitions of the Royal Society of London and the early history of statistics, and in insights offered by John Dewey in his 1929 Gifford and Kappa Delta Pi lectures, the paper argues for greater appreciation of the uncertainties and complexities of teaching and learning and for…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Best Practices, Foreign Countries, Theory Practice Relationship
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Bullough, Robert V., Jr.; Draper, Roni Jo – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2004
Drawing on data from nine secondary school mentor teachers, the authors explore the emotional aspects of mentoring. Embracing a view of 'cool' professionalism, the mentors hid from their interns the intensity and complexity of their work as mentors. The authors argue that to maximize the value of mentoring neophyte teachers should be given a…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Secondary School Teachers, Internship Programs, Mentors