Get the best experience in our app
Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket.

Sam Saunders’Internet Insights;Briefing;Research Focus

5th February 1999, 12:00am

Share

Sam Saunders’Internet Insights;Briefing;Research Focus

https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/sam-saundersinternet-insightsbriefingresearch-focus
The United States Department of Education and the National Library of Education help to provide a range of databases and information services that are known collectively as ERIC - the Educational Resources Information Center. There is no quick description that can do justice to ERIC, but a reconnaissance trip could start with the list of constituent databases to be found at: http:www.accesseric.org:81searchdbdbchart.html A first step inside would look at some of the 1,970 ERIC digests. These are tightly-written summaries of research findings that bear on the particular and sometimes exotic concerns of US educators.

However, many digests do include general material with relevance for UK audiences. The address to start from is: http:www.ed.govdatabasesERIC_Digestsindex In the most recently available sets there are two on educational leadership. Look in digest number ED409605, for example, for the research-supported suggestion that interviews might not be the most effective tool for selecting the best candidate for a headteacher vacancy.

Readers can e-mail suggestions on future Internet Insights topics to Sam Saunders at J.P.Saunders@leeds.ac.uk

Want to keep reading for free?

Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters.

Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters.

Keep reading for just £4.90 per month

/per month for 12 months

You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get:

  • Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content
  • Exclusive subscriber-only stories
  • Award-winning email newsletters

You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get:

  • Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content
  • Exclusive subscriber-only stories
  • Award-winning email newsletters
Recent
Most read
Most shared