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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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Millei, Zsuzsa; Imre, Robert J. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2013
In this paper we argue that the socialist kindergarten in Hungary (1948-1989) was set up to aid the modernizing of a nation in a particular way and in a historical and political context in which the only way forward was to leave behind aspects of the past and start a new chapter in Hungarian history. Comparing this project to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Social Systems, Ideology
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Ravela, Pedro – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2005
The purpose of this article is to present a case of national achievement assessment at the primary level within a formative approach. Many countries experience an increasing obligation to attach high stakes to national assessments, which results in greater pressure on teachers and schools. The author's view is that this kind of approach is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Schools, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
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Vaillant, Denise – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2005
In this article, the author pays tribute to Cecilia Braslavsky by reviewing writings, interviews, and articles authored exclusively by her. Cecilia was a source of inexhaustible inspiration, not only because of her ideas and writings, but because of the force of her convictions and passion with which she tackled the work of researching, teaching,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teaching (Occupation), Work Environment, Primary Education