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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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Mentoring as a Strategy for Empowering Education for Sustainable Development in Schools
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Kadji-Beltran, Chrysanthi; Zachariou, Aravella; Liarakou, Georgia; Flogaitis, Evgenia – Professional Development in Education, 2014
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a demanding new field in terms of content and context and requires whole-school approaches and changes in educational structures. The field's implementation constitutes a great challenge for teachers, novice in the field of ESD. Teacher education for ESD needs to effectively transfer knowledge…
Descriptors: Mentors, Sustainable Development, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
School Principals' Professional Development in the Framework of Sustainable Schools in Cyprus: A Matter of Refocusing
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Zachariou, Aravella; Kadji-Beltran, Chrysanthi; Manoli, Constantinos C. – Professional Development in Education, 2013
The current study scrutinises issues concerning school leaders' education and training on education for sustainable development (ESD). Particularly, it explores principals' self-reported competence for organising and implementing ESD in schools and their needs in education and training in order to effectively lead sustainable schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Professional Development, Sustainability