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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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Gorski, Paul C.; Davis, Shannon N.; Reiter, Abigail – Multicultural Perspectives, 2012
A growing body of scholarship in the United States focuses on the "multicultural" dispositions, ideologies, and attitudes that teachers carry from preservice training into classroom practice. However, little attention has been paid to the dispositions, ideologies, and attitudes of multicultural teacher educators--those tasked with preparing…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Self Efficacy, Sexual Identity, Ideology
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Amosa, Wendy; Gorski, Paul C. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2008
Founded in 1990, the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) is the largest U.S.-based professional organization advocating for multicultural education. NAME, like many other organizations interested in progressive social or educational reform, faces a series of challenges in its attempts to maintain its social justice thrust, such…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Multicultural Education, Criticism, Educational Change
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Gorski, Paul C. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2004
The Internet's interactive nature and relatively wide use are resulting in new opportunities for educators to find support, dialogue, development, and even mentoring whether or not it is readily available in one's school. Discussion forums are becoming communities of support in themselves, sometimes facilitating relationship building among…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Educational Media, Internet, Technology Uses in Education
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Gorski, Paul C. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2004
History and social studies teachers searching the World Wide Web for multicultural curricular materials will find a plethora of resources ranging from primary documents to divergent perspectives on contemporary social justice issues. In this article, the author provides a vetted guide to some of the most progressive, powerful, and multicultural of…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Internet, Social Studies, History Instruction