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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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How Darwinism Has Affected Catholic as Well as Non-Catholic Psycho-Pedagogical Constructs in Belgium from the 1870s to the 1930s
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Depaepe, Marc; De Bont, Raf; Dams, Kristof – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2012
On the basis of their individual preliminary studies, the authors consider in this article the impact of Darwinism on psycho-pedagogical constructs in Belgium in the period before the Second World War. Their findings are put together around three positions, which are, in fact, hypotheses for further research: (1) The "influence" of Darwin on…
Descriptors: Evolution, Catholics, Social Sciences, Foreign Countries
"Alternative" Education in Flanders, 1960-2000: Transformation of Knowledge in a Neo-Liberal Context
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De Coster, Tom; Simon, Frank; Depaepe, Marc – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2009
The founding of "alternative" schools, mainly by parents or other individuals, has made New Education in Flanders tangible today for the general public. In this article, the authors set out to study the knowledge of the "emancipatory" starting points of the post-1968 movements and "alternative" schools in the neo-liberal Flemish educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nontraditional Education, Political Attitudes, Educational Change
Belgian Images of the Psycho-Pedagogical Potential of the Congolese during the Colonial Era, 1908-1960
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Depaepe, Marc – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2009
Starting from the Belgian historiography about the Congo, the article raises the question of the nature of image formation in the mother country as regards the psychological characteristics and intellectual potential of the Congolese. Two domains of study may already provide information in this regard. First, the image of the psycho-pedagogical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Historiography, Educational Psychology, Time Perspective
Backing the Actor as Agent in Discipline Formation: An Example of the "Secondary Disciplinarization" of the Educational Sciences, Based on the Networks of Ovide Decroly (1901-1931)
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Van Gorp, Angelo; Depaepe, Marc; Simon, Frank – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2004
The works of the Belgian neurologist and educationist Ovide Decroly (1871-1932) extended over the medical and pedagogical fields as well as both the practical-professional and the theoretical-disciplinary fields. For this reason, Decroly seemed to be a suitable starting point for a contribution to the problem outlined by Hofstetter and Schneuwly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizations (Groups), Sciences, Intellectual Disciplines