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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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Central, Local and Individual Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Priorities: Changing Policies of CPD in Wales
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Jones, Ken – Professional Development in Education, 2011
Wales provides an interesting case study of the ways in which policies relating to continuing professional development (CPD) change over time. During the past three decades there has been a swing from central political influences on CPD policy to a focus on school priorities coupled with greater individual professional focus, then back again to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Educational Policy, Government School Relationship
Teacher Educators: Their Identities, Sub-Identities and Implications for Professional Development
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Swennen, Anja; Jones, Ken; Volman, Monique – Professional Development in Education, 2010
In this article we address the question: "What sub-identities of teacher educators emerge from the research literature about teacher educators and what are the implications of the sub-identities for the professional development of teacher educators?" Like other professional identities, the identity of teacher educators is a construction of various…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Faculty Development, Teacher Educators, Identification (Psychology)