Education
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Scope
Education includes many different types of programs ranging from diplomas to PhD degrees in subject areas including Teacher Education, Special Education, Educational Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Early Childhood Education, Second Language Education, Aboriginal Education, Adult Education, Language and Literacy Education, and many others.
The most common programs are the Bachelor of Education or Professional Development Program (PDP) that prepare students to become Elementary or High School teachers.
There is much interdisciplinary work and overlap with other subject areas, especially Psychology.
Online Reference Sources
Smelser, Neil J., Baltes, Paul B. International Encyclopedia of the the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2001. [Online at UBC, SFU, UVic. Others? Also available in Print.]
Marlow-Ferguson, Rebecca. World education encyclopedia: A survey of educational systems around the world. Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 2002. [Online at SFU. Others? Also available in print.]
Top Databases
ERIC: Best starting place for most general education-related research. Index plus some full-text.
- EBSCO version available at: BCIT, CAM, CAP, CNC, COTR, DC, JIBC, KPU, LC, NIC, NLC, NWCC, RRU, SC, SFU, TRU, TWU, UFV, UBC, UNBC, UVic, VCC, VIU, YC
- CSA version available at: SFU, UFV, UBC, UNBC, UVic
- FIRSTSEARCH OCLC version available at: OC, UNBC
ERIC (Free): Same full index (no full-text) available on-line without subscription - http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Education Index Full Text: Indexes far fewer titles, but different than ERIC. Better for finding reviews.
PsycINFO: Psychology has many areas of overlap with education including study of learning and memory.
- available at: BCIT, CAM, CAP, CNC, COTR, DC, JIBC, KPU, LC, NIC, NLC, NWCC, OC, RRU, SC, SFU, TRU, TWU, UFV, UBC, UNBC, UVic, VCC, VIU, YC
CBCA Education: Canadian content with Education focus. Much smaller.
Other Databases
Freely Available Online
UNESCO's International Bureau of Education (links to international education-related databases and databanks) - http://www.ibe.unesco.org/DBA.htm
All Institutions:
Academic Search Complete / Premier / Elite: Interdisciplinary and also available through public libraries. Good coverage of Education topics.
Specialized Databases:
Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros): Reviews of testing tools. [Others? KPU, SFU, UBC, UVic Also available in print].
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI): Index of published information about testing tools. Includes articles about tests as well as published tests. [ SFU, UBC Others?]
Books
Subject Guides
General
Douglas College Library Education Subject Guide
Kwantlen University College Library Education Subject Guide
Malaspina University-College Library Education: Advanced Research Tutorial
North Island College Library Article Indexes By Subject: Education
Royal Roads University Library Distance Learning and Education Subject Resource Guide
SFU Library Education Information Sources
Thompson Rivers University Library Education Research Guide
Trinity Western University Library Which Index or Database Should I Use? Education
UBC Library Subject Resources for Education
UVic Library Education Research Guide
Specific
UBC Education Library's Employment Guide
UBC Education Library’s Statistics Page
UBC Education Library’s BC Recommended Texts / Learning Resources
Malaspina University-College Library How to Search for Items in the Curriculum Laboratory
Malaspina University-College Library Finding BC Education Ministry Annual Reports (pdf)
Capilano College Library Subject Guide: Early Childhood Education
Douglas College Library Early Childhood Education Subject Guide
Northern Lights College Library Early Childhood Education Subject Guide (pdf)
Northwest Community College Library Early Childhood Education Subject Guide
UCFV Library Early Childhood Education Guide to Research
VCC Library Early Childhood Education Subject Guide
UBC Library Research in Children's Literature
SFU Library Children's Literature Information Sources
UBC Library Literacy and School Libraries
UBC Library Achieving Information Literacy
VCC Library School for Instructor Education Subject Guide
Digital Libraries
Open Access Journals
Peer-reviewed Open Access Journals
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy - http://www.umanitoba.ca/publications/cjeap/
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology - http://www.cjlt.ca/
Canadian Online Journal of Queer Studies in Education - http://jqstudies.oise.utoronto.ca/journal/
The College Quarterly - http://www.senecac.on.ca/quarterly/index.html
Educational Insights - http://ccfi.educ.ubc.ca/publication/insights/index.html
Higher Education Perspectives - http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/hep
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning - http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl
Ontario Action Researcher - http://www.nipissingu.ca/oar/
Online Review Journals for Children's Literature
CM: Canadian Review of Materials - http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/
School Library Journal - http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/
Additional Online Education Journals
Education Journals List (from Canadian Education on the Web)- http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/canedweb/journals.html
Associations
Basic Links for Education-Related Associations:
B.C. Teachers' Federation - http://www.bctf.bc.ca/
Canadian Education Association - http://www.cea-ace.ca/home.cfm
Canadian Teachers' Federation - http://www.ctf-fce.ca/
Ministry of education - http://www.gov.bc.ca/bvprd/bc/channel.do?action=ministry&channelID=-8382&navId=NAV_ID_province
More Associations:
UBC Education Library's "Organizations" webpage - http://www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/organizations/organizations.html
Government
Statistics - Basic free online resources:
Statistics Canada - http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
BC Ministry of Education (choose "advanced search"and use "statistics" as one of the keywords) - http://www.gov.bc.ca/bvprd/bc/channel.do?action=ministry&channelID=-8382&navId=NAV_ID_province
Edudata / Edudata Reports (UBC - free) - http://www.edudata.educ.ubc.ca/index.htm
Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP: Created by the Council of Ministers of Education - http://www.cmec.ca/pcap/indexe.stm
UNESCO’s Educational Statistics - www.uis.unesco.org
UBC Education Library’s Statistics Page - http://www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/research/statistics.html
Most resources on in the guide are freely available on-line (except E-STAT and UBC Library Numeric Data Services). Includes highlights of each of the sources above.
Websites & Portals
Portals:
Canadian Education on the Web: A portal site with comprehensive links to Canadian on-line education-related resources inlcuding journals, organizations, boards of education, and others. http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/canedweb/
Canada's SchoolNet - http://www.schoolnet.ca/home/e/resources/
UBC Education Library's "Canadian/International Education" webpage: Links to organizations and resources for Aboriginal Education in Canada, and international Education resources - http://www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/canadian/cdnint.html
Curriculum Guides:
CanGuide: Canadian Curriculum Guides - http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/canguide
Integrated Resource Packages (IRPs) for BC Schools Provincially - http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/irp.htm
Lesson Plan Websites:
The Educator’s Reference Desk (was AskERIC) - http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
B.C. Teachers' Federation Teaching Resources - http://www.bctf.bc.ca/TeachingResources.aspx
CanTeach - http://www.canteach.ca/
Columbia Education Centre - http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
Community Learning Network - http://www.cln.org/index.html
Teaching Ideas (UK) - http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/
Other Lesson Plan Sources
Search in ERIC using "lesson plan" and other subject keyword
Lesson Plans (UBC Education Library Portal) - http://www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/lessonplans/lesson.html
Lesson Plans (Uvic Portal) - http://gateway.uvic.ca/clic/lessplans/sites.html
Lesson Plans by Subject (Uvic Portal) - http://gateway.uvic.ca/clic/selected_web.html
Free on-line resources for searching for children’s literature by subject:
Database of Award Winning Children’s Literature - http://www.dawcl.com/
Children’s Picture Book Database (at Miami University) - http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/
Burnaby Public Library Picture Book Database (by subject) - http://www.bpl.burnaby.bc.ca/gab/picindex.htm
Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Website - http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html
Forums, Mailing Lists, Discussion Groups
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