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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
This digest highlights features of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), explains how to use the system most effectively, and offers suggestions on how teacher education faculty can present and use the ERIC system to supplement classroom instruction. Following a description of how resources in ERIC can be helpful to teachers and…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Educational Resources, Higher Education
Stonehill, Robert M. – 1992
Ten commonly held misconceptions about the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) information system are presented together with a brief discussion of the facts for each one. These factual responses provide the following overview of the ERIC system. ERIC is a national information system that includes 16 clearinghouses and four support…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Clearinghouses, Databases, Education
Imel, Susan – 1990
No matter what their role, knowing how to identify, select, and evaluate information resources are important processes for adult educators. Two of the main sources of information related to adult education are information databases and clearinghouses or resource centers. Two comprehensive references that can be used to select the most appropriate…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Clearinghouses, Databases
ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
This digest highlights features of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), explains how to use the system most effectively, and offers suggestions on how health and physical education teacher education faculty can present and use the ERIC system to supplement classroom instruction. Following a description of how resources in ERIC can…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Imel, Susan – 1991
In 1966, Congress approved the first adult education act, and the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system was established. Monies to support adult education research and delivery systems became available at the same time as a mechanism was put in place to collect and disseminate results of these activities. The Adult Education Act…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Clearinghouses, Databases
Wagner, Judith O. – 1999
Vocational educators seeking curriculum materials, lesson plans, classroom activities, and other instructional materials can locate them in a variety of places. The ERIC database is a good source of information about the following instructional and resource materials: curricula, project descriptions, lesson plans, classroom activities, task lists,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Clearinghouses, Consortia, Curriculum Development
Wagner, Judith O. – 1998
This ERIC Digest is an annotated list of 40 websites and listservs devoted to adult, career, and vocational education. The following websites and listservs are included: six ERIC sites (ACCESS ERIC; AskERIC; the Education Resource Organizations Directory; the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; ORYX Press/Current Index…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies
