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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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Hughes, Conrad – Journal of Research in International Education, 2014
This article analyses the construct validity of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme's Theory of Knowledge course in the light of claims that it is a course in critical thinking. After discussion around critical thinking--what it is and why it is valuable educationally--the article analyses the extent to which the course aims,…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Critical Thinking, Courses, Epistemology
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Hughes, Conrad – Journal of Research in International Education, 2014
The International Baccalaureate's Middle Years Programme (IBMYP) is designed to support the development of creativity, critical thinking, international-mindedness and values. However, close inspection of the programme's assessment structure suggests that many of the competence-related and dispositional elements of the programme's…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Creativity, Creative Thinking, Competence
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Hughes, Conrad – Journal of Research in International Education, 2009
This article aims to look at the concepts of internationalism and international education through the lens of postcolonial theory, arguing that the fundamental aims of international education are obstructed as it remains a concept locked in the idea of the nation state that has not evolved with the ideas of major postcolonial theorists. However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Social Theories