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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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Kaplan, Haya; Assor, Avi – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2012
We present a conceptualization and a 2 year program of autonomy-supportive I-Thou dialogue among teachers and students that is based on self-determination theory (Deci and Ryan in "Psychol Inq" 11(4):227-268, 2000) and Buber's (1960) philosophy. The program was applied in 18 seventh grade classes (420 students). Findings showed: (a) increases in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Motivation, Grade 7, Teacher Student Relationship
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Weinstock, Michael; Assor, Avi; Broide, Galia – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2009
The assumption that high level functioning is characterized by a great deal of autonomy is central to some major theories of moral development [Kohlberg (in T. Lickona (ed.) "Moral development and behavior: Theory, research and social issues," 1976); Piaget ("The moral judgment of the child", 1932)] and to the self-determination theory of…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Student Attitudes, Value Judgment, Critical Thinking