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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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Atherton, Charles R.; Bolland, Kathleen A. – Journal of Social Work Education, 1997
In response to a previous article challenging social work educators to address multiculturalism, and asserting that hidden conflicts about it are unresolved in social work education, it is contended here that multiculturalism is the wrong construct to debate, that educators must be concerned with cultural diversity, and that criticisms of social…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Design, Educational Needs
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Raymond, Ginny T.; Atherton, Charles R. – Journal of Social Work Education, 1991
The generalist-specialist continuum is not as useful an organizing concept for social work education as its supporters believe. Bachelor's and master's programs should be conceived as independent entities, with the bachelor's curriculum focusing on training case managers in public service agencies and the Master's program preparing graduates for…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
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Harrison, W. David; Atherton, Charles R. – Journal of Social Work Education, 1990
This study compared the cognitive development of 272 students in 7 graduate and 9 undergraduate social work programs. Students beginning their social work study at the graduate level scored significantly higher than students beginning social work study at the undergraduate level in their ability to see situations in more mature and complex ways.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum, Graduate Students