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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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Crawley, Sara L.; Willman, Rebecca K.; Clark, Leisa; Walsh, Clare – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2009
In this article, the authors describe a classroom exercise designed to put women (and children and men) back at the center of the abortion debate, avoiding the standard rhetoric and engaging reflection on how everyone might find common political goals among the so-called pro-life and pro-choice sides. The exercise the authors offer in this article…
Descriptors: Females, Pregnancy, Debate, Selection
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Crawley, Sara L. – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2008
For this essay, the author takes as an organizing premise Jodi O'Brien and Judith A. Howard's notion of responsible authority--that "teaching is a value-based activity" in which educators should be striving to engage students in academic pursuits in order to create a moral citizenry. That is, educators need to acknowledge that they wield the power…
Descriptors: Assignments, Lecture Method, Student Centered Curriculum, Learner Engagement