LibGuides: Education Subject Guide: Learn More about Education

Journals

Education journals
Access over 2000 education journals included in CU's subscription databases

Using the list of education journals

You can browse a journal by date, search within all the journals, or search within an individual journal. Click + Full Text Access to learn about full text access for the journal.

Newsfeed on education topics from the New York Times:

Professional associations

Disciplinary Professional Associations

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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Articles from encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Education ebooks from Credo
Variety of education reference resources

Other books of key concepts in education

EBSCO eBooks This link opens in a new window
Access to thousands of ebooks to read online or download.

Education-related subject headings

Try these subject terms in the CU Library Catalog or ebook collections.

Classroom management
Education
Education Elementary
Education Secondary
Middle School Education
Physical Education and Training
School Management and Organization
Teaching

Use Study and teaching as a subdivision under a subject to find books on teaching that subject. For example:

English Language Study and teaching
History Study and teaching
Language and Languages Study and teaching
Mathematics Study and teaching
Science Study and teaching
Social Sciences--Study and teaching

For browsing in a physical library using the Dewey Decimal System

370	Education
371	Schools & their activities; special education
371.9	Special education
372	Elementary education
372.6	Literacy
373	Secondary education
374	Adult education
375	Curricula
378	Higher education
379	Public policy issues in education
428	Teaching language arts (and 372.6)
507.1	Teaching science (and 372.35044)
510.71	Teaching math (and 372.7)
907	Teaching history (and 372.89)

Vermont Department of Education
U.S. Department of Education
What Works Clearinghouse
Reviews the existing research on programs, products, practices, and policies in education. From the U.S. DOE
National Center for Education Statistics

Handbooks of research synthesize the research on a variety of relevant topics up to the date of publication

Example of a handbook in the library

Handbook of Research on Teaching
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Fifth edition (2016)

In the library at REF 370.72 H191

Table of Contents

Hot Topics in Education

Praxis test prep materials

LearningExpress Library This link opens in a new window
Provides support to students and professionals for academic skill-building, standardized test prep, career certification test prep and more.

Praxis online test prep
from Teachers Test Prep
Praxis Preparation Materials from ETS
McGraw-Hill's Praxis I & II
eBook

About Praxis testing and licensure

Info on Praxis from the CU Ed. Dept.
Vermont testing requirements on ETS website
Rules Governing the Licensing of Educators and the Preparation of Educational Professionals
The big picture, from the Vermont Standards Board for Professional Educators.

The Lesson Plan Page
Includes thousands of lesson plans for K-12 teachers. Searches can be narrowed by subject and grade level; actual lesson plans are prepared by University students and faculty, and are also submitted by teachers.
Share My Lesson
"By educators, for educators." Sponsored by AFT.
Teachers First
A free, advertising-free teacher resource web site with resources reviewed by teachers.
MERLOT
Reviewed learning materials, including lesson plans.
WatchKnowLearn.org
Directory of free educational videos, organized by subject matter.

Annenberg Learner
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum. A variety of rich resources.
OpenEd
Catalog of open ed. resources, focusing on K-12 and the Common Core.
OER Commons
Search for Open Educational Resources (OER).
Edsitement
from the National Endowment for the Humanities, "for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies."
Khan Academy

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
"CASEL has helped grow social and emotional learning (SEL) from a promising theory to an essential part of education. As a nonprofit, nonpartisan leader in SEL, we are uniquely positioned to evaluate programming, curate research, inform legislation, and partner on implementation."

Handbook of Social and Emotional Learning
Call Number: Stacks 370.1534 H191
Publication Date: 2016
A survey of the research on this topic up to when it was published in 2016.

EBSCO eBooks This link opens in a new window
Access to thousands of ebooks to read online or download.

eBooks on Social Emotional Learning
A sample of relevant books available through the library's ebook collections.

Understanding Common Core State Standards by John Kendall
Call Number: 379.73 K334u and online (click on title)

Common Core-aligned lessons from Betterlesson.com