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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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English as a Global Language and Education for Cosmopolitan Citizenship
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Guilherme, Manuela – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2007
Due to the overriding power of World English in the global economy, media, academy, entertainment, etc., EFL education has become a crucial curricular element in the educational systems of developing societies. English language learning has therefore been portrayed either as a fundamental tool that unquestionably brings professional success or one…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Critical Theory, Citizenship, Global Approach
Is There a Role for Critical Pedagogy in Language/Culture Studies? An Interview with Henry A. Giroux
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Guilherme, Manuela – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2006
Henry A. Giroux became established as a leading figure in radical education theory in the 1980s. Not only did he revive the arguments for civic education proposed by the main educational theorists of the 20th century, namely Dewey, Freire and others such as the reconstructionists Counts, Rugg and Brameld, but he also advanced their theories by…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Intercultural Communication, Democracy, Cultural Awareness