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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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Tang, Sylvia Yee Fan – Teacher Development, 2011
Education reforms underpinned by neo-liberal values have been criticised for bringing an adverse impact on teachers' professional identity. This article presents a qualitative study of teachers' professional identity in three historical periods in Hong Kong: Phase 1: 1965-84; Phase 2: 1984-97; and Phase 3: the post-1997 period. By juxtaposing the…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Self Concept
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Choi, Pik Lin; Tang, Sylvia Yee Fan – Teacher Development, 2005
Beginning teachers encounter new challenges as the role system in contemporary society has become more and more demanding. By means of the life history method, role management strategies of four Hong Kong beginning teachers employed to cope with role demands and intra-role conflicts were located in their biographical, workplace and wider…
Descriptors: Socialization, Biographies, Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers
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Tang, Sylvia Yee Fan – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education & Development, 2000
Reviews dilemmas in using qualitative research methods, drawing on information from research that examined the impact of prior experience on Hong Kong student teachers' learning to teach. The article reviews the research process regarding: credibility of the researcher and rigor of the methods and techniques used. Results highlight the importance…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education