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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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Deacon, Roger; van Vuuren, Rex; Augustyn, Dave – Perspectives in Education, 2014
Very little is known about whether and what kinds of research are being undertaken at private higher education institutions (PHEIs) in South Africa. This article draws on a recent survey of all registered PHEIs undertaken by a group of interested private higher education providers. This survey was facilitated by the Council on Higher Education…
Descriptors: Private Education, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Surveys
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Deacon, Roger; Osman, Ruksana; Buchler, Michelle – Perspectives in Education, 2010
This article reports on findings pertaining to scholarship in teacher education drawn from a wider study on all education research in South Africa from 1995 to 2006. The study, which defined education research as broadly pertaining to teaching and/or learning, obtained extensive data from a wide range of sources: universities, non-government…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Scholarship, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries
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Deacon, Roger – Perspectives in Education, 2005
This article explores the implications of Michel Foucault's specific references to contemporary education. Foucault developed a model for educational institutions which emphasises human capacities, communication and power relations, and which can be applied both to schools and to universities. Though he paid the closest attention to the role of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Schools, Methods, Educational Change