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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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Smeyers, Paul; de Ruyter, Doret J.; Waghid, Yusef; Strand, Torill – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2014
In many countries publications in Web of Knowledge journals are dominant in the evaluation of educational research. For various purposes comparisons are made between the output of philosophers of education in these journals and the publications of their colleagues in educational research generally, sometimes also including psychologists and/or…
Descriptors: Publish or Perish Issue, Periodicals, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
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Waghid, Yusef; Smeyers, Paul – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2010
Educators, not to mention philosophers of education, find themselves in a difficult position nowadays. With the disappearance of the so-called metanarratives, it seems that the secular society has made it difficult, not to say almost impossible, to justify a particular idea of the good life that can be shared by all or at least many. The paper…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Postmodernism, Educational Trends, Educational Environment
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Lambeir, Bert; Smeyers, Paul – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2003
Discusses nihilism, Nietzsche's reevaluation of values, and Foucault's concept of "life as a work of art" as a way to give shape to one's life. Argues that current forms of popular pleasure are reminiscent of a revaluation to overcome nihilism. Educators need allow children to develop an image of themselves that they can live with. Contains five…
Descriptors: Character Education, Citizenship Education, Community Colleges, Ethical Instruction