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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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Akkari, Abdeljalil; Lauwerier, Thibaut – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2015
This article analyzes the role that international organizations play in orienting education reforms and changes, based on an examination of key texts these organizations produced in the 1990s. The analysis shows that some specific trends persist: UNESCO and UNICEF centre their philosophy on a humanistic and child-centered vision of education,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, International Organizations, Educational Quality, Governance
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Akkari, Abdeljalil – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2012
This article analyses the emergence of intercultural education in the Brazilian educational system. After summarizing the debate on international convergence in intercultural education, it traces the development of interethnic relations in Brazil, describing the heavy legacy of slavery and colonization. It then investigates recently adopted…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Political Attitudes, Cultural Pluralism, Slavery
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Akkari, Abdeljalil – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2005
The Tunisian education system, like that of many other Southern nations of intermediate wealth, finds itself pulled in opposing directions. While quantitative advances at different levels of instruction have been easily achieved, a reorientation towards qualitative matters is nowadays more than ever necessary. This article analyses developments…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Secondary Education