Starting Points: ED 488
Issues in Education/Comparative Education |
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Finding Background Info [help]
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these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources |
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Oxford Reference Online Database -
Full text access to over 140
dictionaries, general reference, language reference, and subject reference works
from Oxford University Press. |
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Contemporary Education Issues Series
(located in Buhl's Reference Room) --
Contains
reference sources on contemporary American education, including
controversial topics and ongoing debates. Highlights include historical
backgrounds, current state of the debate, extensive bibliographies and some
primary . |
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Finding Articles [help]
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ERIC
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sponsored by the US Dept of
Education, it is the premier national bibliographic database of education
literature containing abstracts of documents and journal articles on education
research and practice. The database covers descriptions and evaluations of
programs, research reports and surveys, curriculum and teaching guides,
instructional materials, position papers, and resource materials. 1966 -
present. |
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Education Research Complete --
a bibliographic and full text
database covering scholarly research and information relating to all topics and
areas of education in all levels of education from early childhood to higher
education. |
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Social Science Citation Index
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provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author
abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world's leading
scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. |
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Finding Books [help]
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Library Catalog -- search by subject,
keyword, author or title! |
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Tip: use the advanced search feature to
search by subject and title. This is a good way to start a
search w/out knowing a specific title. example: "assessment" as title and "education" as subject. Find a book that
looks promising and navigate through the catalog using the subject
headings in the box on the right on the screen!
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Web Resources |
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"Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant."
Mitchell Kapor
From professional organization pages to discipline-specific pages, from theory
to practical applications, there is much to enjoy and use from the Internet. Remember to evaluate the sites you find to make sure
enthusiasm and fancy artwork haven't overtaken best practices in education.
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The Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character
--From the Boston University School of Education with support from the Full Circle Family Foundation. |
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Current Issues in Comparative Education
-- an international online, open access journal inviting diverse opinions of academics, practitioners and students. CICE shares its home with the oldest program in comparative education in
the US, the Teachers College Comparative and International Education Program, founded in 1898 |
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NEA's
Education Issues in the Spotlight --
current topics include: No Child Left Behind, Charter Schools, Class Size, ESEA, Special Ed/IDEA, Teacher Quality, Teacher Shortage and much
more! |
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Current Issues in Education
-- a peer-reviewed scholarly electronic journal published by the College of Education at Arizona State University (free) |
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Education Week on the Web
-- covers local, state, and national news and issues from preschool through the 12th grade. Free site, although print copies of this journal are located in the
periodical room. |
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SchoolDataDirect.org -- contains data about
U.S. public schools and school districts, including test scores, enrollment trends, class size, community demographics, and related statistics. Browse state and national data, and search for
individual schools and districts
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PA Dept of ED -- AYP reports --- contains district and school reports that
contain AYP targets & results for 2008-2009. It also contains the results
from the previous year as well as the targets for the upcoming year.
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National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) -- the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. This is where you
can search the current edition of The Condition of Education and the Digest of Education Statistics. Search features also allow you to search for all public and private schools in an area. |
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