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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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Jones, Tim; Upton, Penney; Wilkinson, Dean J. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2013
The challenges facing UK higher education are both well documented and controversial; however, pitted against this context is the requirement for psychology departments to provide an increasingly rich and diverse university experience for students, whilst ensuring progression and retention remain central to undergraduate provision. Despite the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Orientation, Undergraduate Students, Satisfaction
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Mercer, Jenny; Sander, Paul; Williams, Stella; Jones, Tim – Psychology Teaching Review, 2013
It is well established that the number of males studying psychology in the UK, both at A-level and on degree courses, is disproportionately low compared to females. There is a paucity of research, however, which discusses how psychology is viewed by this group. The present study employed focus groups with 35 pre-tertiary males (some of whom were…
Descriptors: Males, Student Attitudes, Psychology, Foreign Countries
Jones, Tim – Psychology Teaching Review, 2012
In responding to Hartley (2011), this paper considers his concluding remarks as recommendations for the future of teaching undergraduate psychology and challenges the position that the teaching of psychology hasn't altered vastly during the last 50 years. In doing so, it is acknowledged that the content and delivery of higher education psychology…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Student Motivation