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50 Years of ERIC
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Multicultural Education: It Is Education First of All.
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Birkel, Lane F. – Teacher Educator, 2000
Examines unclear and sometimes erroneous notions about multicultural education (e.g., it is the same as ethnic studies and it is an effort to affect college admissions), discussing: the relationship of multicultural education to education in general; the theoretical basis of the field; the relationship between multicultural education and the…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Foundations of Education
Continuing Education: A Response to Change
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Birkel, Lane F.; Fallon, John A. – Teacher Educator, 1975
This article builds a rationale for continuing and community education, based on current social trends in the United States. (RC)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Educational Change, Futures (of Society)
Analyzing Student Responses to Evaluations of Foundations of Education Courses
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Birkel, Lane F. – Teacher Educator, 1974
The purposes of the study reported in this article were to determine whether students are consistent in their responses to evaluations of foundations of education courses and to compare student attitudes toward each of three foundations of education areas: philosophy, history, and sociology. (HMD)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Sociology
PLAN: Program for Learning in Accordance with Needs
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Strain, Joe P.; Birkel, Lane F. – Teacher Educator, 1972
A program utilizing computer managed instruction. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Technology, Individual Needs
The History of Education: Does the Past Have a Future?
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Birkel, Lane F. – Teacher Educator, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Theories
A Family Reunion: The International Dimension of Multicultural Education.
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Birkel, Lane F. – Teacher Educator, 1994
This article examines the potential benefits to the educational process of a closer relationship between the fields of international education and multicultural education. It considers the past development of these fields and the points of convergence that offer sources of subject matter and methodology for teacher educators. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach