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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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Stiegler, Sam; Sullivan, Rachael E. – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2015
In this paper we explore our experiences working with queer and trans youth who have taken "non-traditional pathways out of high school. Drawing on Foucauldian theories of normalisation and Halberstam's queerings of time, success, and failure, we consider how certain aspects of schooling have shaped queer and trans youths' desire to…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, High School Graduates
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Halx, Mark D. – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2014
This study was an inquiry to explore the notion of using a more critical pedagogy to educate young male Latino high school students of low socioeconomic status. Using the tenets of critical pedagogy as a guide, eight students who did not complete high school were asked how they might have felt about a different classroom dynamic and an environment…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods, Males, High School Students
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Priestley, Mark; Minty, Sarah; Eager, Michelle – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2014
Recent worldwide trends in curriculum policy have re-emphasised the role of teachers in school-based curriculum development. Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence is typical of these trends, stressing that teachers are agents of change. This paper draws upon empirical data to explore school-based curriculum development in response to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Teacher Role, Change Agents
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McGregor, Glenda – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2011
Narratives of power that purport to represent the "truth" of others need to be challenged by the individual stories of those who are silenced by "authority" and "expert" opinion. This paper utilises research data from an open-ended ethnographic study of 32 Australian high school students at the turn of the twenty-first century. In its entirety,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Adolescents, Ethnography
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Edwards-Groves, Christine; Kemmis, Roslin Brennan; Hardy, Ian; Ponte, Petra – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2010
This article will explore education, pedagogy and praxis (morally informed and committed action oriented by tradition, and "history-making action") through the lens of the "relational". The article brings together empirical investigations of professional development and classroom teaching to explicate the role of this relational dimension, via the…
Descriptors: Investigations, Educational Practices, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods
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Kyriacou, Chris – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2010
This study aimed to explore Japanese high school teachers' views of pupil misbehaviour in order to contribute to the growing international literature on discipline in schools. A total of 141 Japanese high school teachers completed a questionnaire which explored their views regarding the factors accounting for pupil misbehaviour, the frequency of…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Student Behavior
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McGregor, Jane – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2004
Drawing on a research study into the spatiality of teachers' workplaces, this article explores the "concrete realities" of the artefact-filled world with which teachers, support staff and students interact, and considers the way in which networks of people and things order the spaces of the school. Spatiality is examined explicitly in terms of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Teaching Conditions, School Space