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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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Preparing an Ethnically Diverse Teaching Force.
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Houston, W. Robert; Calderon, Margarita – Teacher Education and Practice, 1991
Discusses issues involved in preparing teachers for an ethnically diverse pupil population. Recommendations for improving the preparation of an ethnically diverse teaching force are made for public school educators, university personnel, state legislators and educational agency personnel, educational organizations, and community and business…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Faculty, College Students, Cultural Pluralism
Cooperative Learning Builds Communities of Teachers.
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Calderon, Margarita – Teacher Education and Practice, 1991
Discusses a project using cooperative learning as a tool for building learning communities of minority teachers in Texas, describing academic achievement, self-esteem, social skills, and collaboration in relation to 50 teachers participating in the project. Cooperative learning and teacher empowerment brought teachers closer together in a short…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Inservice Teacher Education, Interpersonal Competence