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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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Giesinger, Johannes – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2012
This article discusses the educational significance of the moral demand for respect. In "Ethics and Education," Richard Peters presents a conception of educational respect that was recently taken up by Krassimir Stojanov. This article responds to both Peters' and Stojanov's contributions and proposes another understanding of educational respect:…
Descriptors: Ethics, Human Dignity, Moral Issues, Role of Education
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Giesinger, Johannes – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2010
It is commonly assumed that to educate means to control or guide a person's acting and development. On the other hand, it is often presupposed that the addressees of education must be seen as being endowed with free will. The question raised in this paper is whether these two assumptions are compatible. It might seem that if the learner is free in…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Freedom, Educational Philosophy, Role of Education
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Giesinger, Johannes – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2009
In his writings on school choice and educational justice, Harry Brighouse presents normative evaluations of various choice systems. This paper responds to Brighouse's claim that it is inadequate to criticise these evaluations with reference to empirical data concerning the effects of school choice.
Descriptors: School Choice, Social Justice, Policy Analysis, Evaluation Methods