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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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Scoffham, Stephen; Barnes, Jonathan – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2009
This paper documents the impact of a study visit to south India in 2007 on students following courses in initial teacher education at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. The research was conducted by the two course leaders and employed a varied methodology, involving open-ended questionnaires, self-reporting of emotions, video diaries,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Transformative Learning, Learning Experience
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Grainger, Teresa; Barnes, Jonathon; Scoffham, Stephen – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2004
Despite government rhetoric, higher education lecturers and schoolteachers in the UK remain under pressure to focus on standards and measurement in the core curriculum at the relative expense of a wider and more creative education. This article argues that the balance needs redressing and explores the nature of creative teaching in the context of…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Figurative Language, Teaching Styles, Core Curriculum
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Grainger, Teresa; Barnes, Jonathon; Scoffham, Stephen – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2004
Despite government rhetoric, higher education lecturers and schoolteachers in the UK remain under pressure to focus on standards and measurement in the core curriculum at the relative expense of a wider and more creative education. This article argues that the balance needs redressing and explores the nature of creative teaching in the context of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Experience, Core Curriculum, Creative Teaching