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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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Special Educational Needs, e-Learning and the Reflective e-Portfolio: Implications for Developing and Assessing Competence in Pre-Service Education
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Lambe, Jackie; McNair, Victor; Smith, Ron – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2013
This article reports on the use of e-portfolios to assess aspects of a one year, post-graduate pre-service teacher education programme in Northern Ireland within the specific context of special needs education. The rationale for using an e-portfolio for programme assessment and the potential it offers in demonstrating a range of teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Special Education, Electronic Publishing
The Effect of School-Based Practice on Student Teachers' Attitudes towards Inclusive Education in Northern Ireland
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Lambe, Jackie; Bones, Robert – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2007
This study seeks to discover the attitudes to inclusion of those about to embark on initial teacher education in Northern Ireland and the extent to which an extended teaching practice in a non-selective placement school can influence attitude change. A cohort of 125 student teachers responded to a survey that explored their attitudes towards a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Attitude Change, Student Teachers
Student Teachers, Special Educational Needs and Inclusion Education: Reviewing the Potential for Problem-Based, E-Learning Pedagogy to Support Practice
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Lambe, Jackie – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2007
Northern Ireland has invested heavily in the use of technology enhanced learning at all levels of education. Alongside this, radical changes to the school curriculum and the planned move away from academic selection towards a more inclusive system are challenging those involved in Initial Teacher Education to find ways to improve teaching and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Development, Educational Needs, Teacher Educators