Elementary Education
Program at Penn State
Elementary Education
Elementary Education is a teaching option area at both the undergraduate
and graduate levels in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. At
the undergraduate level students are required to meet all the requirements
for the K-6 Instructional I certificate issued by the Pennsylvania Department
of Education.
http://www.ed.psu.edu/ci/
Professional Associations
American Federation of Teachers
(AFT)
Provides a strong protection for members' welfare and influences educational
standards and professional practices.
http://www.aft.org
Association for Childhood
Education International (ACEI)
Promotes the professional development of educators and supports the finest
education and growth of children, from birth through early adolescence.
http://www.acei.org/
The National Association
for the Education of Young Children
Dedicated to the development of quality early childhood programs, professional
practice, and working conditions in early childhood education for children
from birth to age eight.
http://www.naeyc.org/default.htm
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
Promotes the profession of the nation's elementary and middle school principals,
provides them with professional development opportunities, and advocates
for Pre-K-8 principals and children.
http://www.naesp.org/
Pennsylvania Associations of Elementary
and Secondary School Principals
Facilitates members' fulfillment of their role as instructional leaders.
http://www.paessp.org/
Selected Reference Sources
CAREER INDEX: A Selective Bibliography for Elementary Schools
Designed to assist teachers, librarians, guidance counselors, students,
and parents in identifying materials to increase career awareness at the
K-6 level.
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Children's Occupational Outlook Handbook
Provides children with information to get them thinking of career choices
early in life.
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The Directory of Critical Information for Helping Children
Quick and easy access to information and resources on childhood problems
and disorders.
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ED/Office of Elementary
and Secondary Education (OESE)
Promotes quality education at the elementary and secondary school levels,
and disseminates information on relevant programs and issues.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/index.html
The Education Statistics at
a Glance
Published by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), this
site brings together statistical data from several sources.
http://nces.ed.gov/edstats/
Education Statistics Projections to 2001-02
Provides projected data for institutions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary
and Early Childhood Education
Identifies and selects documents and journal articles in the areas of
early childhood and elementary education, and incorporates them into the
ERIC database.
http://www.ltls.org/qen.html
Handbook of Research on Teacher Education
Syntheses of research and professional literature on education. Serves
as a resource and reference point for improving understanding and practice
in schools and among individual educators.
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The Kraus
Curriculum Development Library (KCDL)
Reflects objectives, programs and teaching practices for pre-K-12.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#KCDLONLINE
Patterson's Elementary Education 2002
Serves as a directory of elementary schools in the U.S., and provides
vital information on each of the schools listed.
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Review of Research in Education 2001
Contains timely and authoritative essays on many aspects of education
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Indexes and Abstracts
British Education Index
Lists and analyzes the subject content of all articles published internationally
and in the British isles on subjects that are of permanent interest to
educators.
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Children's
Literature Comprehensive Database
The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database offers information about
children's books, videos, and audio books ranging from baby board books
to novels and nonfiction for young adults. Of the more than 500,000 MARC
format records, about 10% include full text book reviews from well-respected
sources such as KIRKUS Reviews, Science Books & Films, andVoice of
Youth Advocates(VOYA).
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#CHILDLITIND
Dissertation Abstracts
Dissertation Abstracts is the primary source for 1.4 million doctoral
dissertations (and selected master's theses) from over 1000 North American
and European universities. Includes a link to the UMI full text dissertation
pilot project. Coverage: 1851 to date. Abstracts are available for dissertations
since 1980, abstracts for theses since 1988.
Updates: monthly (usually between the 20th and 25th day)
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#DISS
Education
Abstracts Full Text (Wilson)
Education Abstracts Full Text (Wilson) covers over 625 periodicals, with
indexing from 1983, and full text for many since 1994.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#ERLEDUCABS
Educational Technology Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts important material in the field of technology and education,
including articles found in over 600 international journals and recently published
books. Coverage includes all aspects of educational technology: instructional
design and educational planning; instructional media and resources; and issues
of assessment and evaluation.
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ERIC
-- Educational Resources Information Center
ERIC, (Education Resources Information Center),
is a premier database of journal and non-journal education literature, with
more than 1.1 million citations since 1966. Sponsored by the Institute of
Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Dept. of Education.
ERIC covers two types of literature:
Journals [over 1000 scholarly, professional
and practitioner journals]
ERIC Documents [non-journal literature, such
as conference papers, standards reports, etc. Not peer-reviewed].
The recommended ERIC search interface for PSU users is Cambridge Scientific
Abstracts.
What Works Clearinghouse
Created in 2002, the goal of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is to identify
findings of scientific evidence. The WWC collects, screens, and identifies
studies of the effectiveness of educational interventions (programs, products,
practices, and policies); reviews studies that have the strongest design;
and reports on the strengths and weaknesses of those studies against the WWC
Evidence Standards. Study
reports [ratings of individual studies and designs for reliability];
intervention reports [findings that meet WWC Evidence Standards for a
particular intervention]; topic
reports [description of topic and each intervention that the WWC reviewed]
http://www.w-w-c.org/
Kraus
Curriculum Development Library (KCDL)
Kraus Curriculum Development Library (KCDL) Online is the premier searchable
database of retrospective and current collections of curriculum guides, lesson
plans, frameworks, standards, and teaching practices for PreK-12, and Adult
Basic Education. Information in the database covers all disciplines, subjects,
and grade levels found in PreK through 12th grade education and Adult Basic
Education.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#KCDLONLINE
MathSciNet
Reviews, abstracts, and bibliographic references to journal articles, conference
proceedings, and books in pure and applied mathematics, computer science,
and statistics.
1940-Present. Updates: Monthly. Coverage: indexes 3100 journals, 7500 books
and conference proceedings a year.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#MATHSCI
Newspaper
Photos (AccuNet/AP Photo Archive)
AAn average of 800 state, regional, national and international photos are
added daily to the AP Photo Archives. After a year, approximately 200 of the
best daily photos are retained permanently. The Photo Archive's historical
collection continues to grow, featuring images from significant news and features
events of the 20th century. The earliest photograph available is a photograph
of Abraham Lincoln taken in 1844.
Permitted uses of these images include: 1. printing copies for educational
and research use; 2. creating PowerPoint presentations, slides, and multimedia
presentations when usage is confined to the licensed institution; 3. posting
on a secure web site available only to authorized users; 4.e-mailing single
images to an individual e-mail recipient.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#PHOTOARCHIVE
Professional
Development Collection
Professional Development Collection, designed for professional educators and
librarians, provides a highly specialized collection of over 515 full text
journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles, with full text dating
as far back as 1965. . It also provides full text for 167 education pamphlets,
a searchable images database, and will soon contain full text for scholarly
monographs. A title list can be seen at http://www.epnet.com/titlelists/pdf/tf.pdf
.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#PROFDEV
ProQuest Psychology Journals
ProQuest Psychology Journals: A full text database subset of PsycINFO, including 400 full-text journals that are licensed to ProQuest. Coverage is typically from 1996, with a few titles prior to that date. (Coverage does not presently include APA journals; additions to coverage occur frequently.)
http://www.lias.psu.edu/entry/psycinfo.html
Social
Science Citation Index
Social Science Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index to the journal
literature of the social sciences. It covers 1400 social science journals.
The index can be used to look up either a specific author or a particular
publication to see how many articles in the database cited that author or
publication. The index can also be used to find related articles (articles
that have at least one reference in common).
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#SSCINDEX
Sociological
Abstracts
Index for English language journals in Sociology, Social Work, and other Social
Sciences. Provides abstracts for articles and is international in scope. Coverage:
1963-present.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#SOCABS
State Education Journal Index and Educators' Guide to
Periodicals Research Strategies
Focuses on periodicals not indexed in other popular indexes.
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Selected Journals
Copycat
Features ideas and activities for K-3 teachers.
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Creative Classroom
Presents hands-on teaching techniques for the PreK-6 teachers.
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The Elementary School Journal
Articles on curriculum, behaviors, and interactions of teachers and students
at the elementary level.
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Pattee
Instructor
Features articles on a wide range of topics of interest to elementary school
teachers.
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The Mailbox
Numerous ideas to help teachers make learning fun for students in Pre K -
6.
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Pennsylvania Education
Provides educators and the public with information on aspects of education
in Pennsylvania schools.
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School Library Journal
Caters to the information needs of professionals in libraries that serve children,
and young adults.
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Teaching Pre K-8
Articles that present classroom-tested methods and ideas appropriate for teachers
in Pre K-8.
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Resources for Elementary Education
The Independent
School Entrance Examination (ISEE) Practice Test Prep Review
This is a site that provides information and free online practice tests to
assist ISEE test takers. http://www.testprepreview.com
NCATE (National Council for
the Accreditation of Teacher Education)
Provides standards to improve the quality of teachers and the education students
get in
K-12.
http://www.ncate.org/
Office of Elementary
and Secondary Education (OESE)
Useful and timely information that promote the knowledge of elementary and
secondary education programs and issues.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/index.html