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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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The Effects of Reform: Have Teachers Really Lost Their Sense of Professionalism?
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Day, Christopher; Smethem, Lindsey – Journal of Educational Change, 2009
In this article, we reflect upon what research and other evidence tells us about the effects of many years of sustained, centrally initiated government reforms upon teachers' work, lives and effectiveness. It is important to note that whilst the general intentions of school reform are almost always to improve standards of teaching, learning and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Teaching Conditions
Committed for Life? Variations in Teachers' Work, Lives and Effectiveness
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Day, Christopher – Journal of Educational Change, 2008
This paper is based upon a unique mixed methods 4-year research project which focused upon the variations in teachers' work, lives, and effectiveness of 300 elementary and secondary school teachers in a range of 100 schools across seven regions of England. Its findings challenge linear conceptions of teacher development and expertise and provide…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes