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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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Francis, Becky; Mills, Martin – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2012
Various injurious effects of schooling have been documented in the literature over the years, leading some authors to characterise schooling as violence. In this article we draw together such research to present an account of the ways in which schooling in the Global North damages young people (and their teachers). The range of damage includes:…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Students, Teachers, Social Justice
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Francis, Becky; Hutchings, Merryn; Archer, Louise; Amelling, Lindsay – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2003
Various studies have found that British girls' curriculum subject preferences and future aspirations have changed and diversified in recent years. Other work has suggested that girls educated in single-sex schools might have a different (perhaps less gender-stereotypical) experience of education in comparison with their contemporaries at…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Females, Occupational Aspiration, Foreign Countries