Secondary Education
Program at Penn State
Secondary
Education
Secondary Education (SECED) is an option area in the Department of Curriculum
and Instruction. Majors in Secondary Education have the following teaching
options: Bilingual Education, Biological Science, Chemistry, Earth and
Space Science, English/Communication, French, German, Latin, Mathematics,
Physics, Russian, Social Studies, and Spanish. Graduates from SECED are
prepared for teaching positions and for other employment in fields related
to their content specialties.
http://www.ed.psu.edu/edservices/majors_minors/seced.asp
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
APA - High School
Teacher Affiliate -- Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools(TOPSS)
Develops and distributes free active-learning based unit lesson plans
produced specifically for use in the high school classroom. Provides a
forum for psychology teachers to network and protect their interest.
http://www.apa.org/ed/topsshomepage.html
The Mathematical Association
- Secondary Education
Offers a wide range of services to its membership, including conferences,
periodicals, and publications.
http://www.m-a.org.uk/index.html
National Association of Secondary
School Principals(NASSP)
Promotes the profession of the nation's middle and high school education
leaders, providing them with opportunities for growth through professional
education programs and activities.
http://www.nassp.org/
National Education Association
(NEA)
Information, resources, and support to make public educational institutions
effective.
http://www.nea.org/
Selected Reference Sources
The ASCD Curriculum Handbook: Preparing Our Schools for the 21st Century
Numerous ideas for curriculum planning and delivery.
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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
Education Statistics at a Glance
Statistical data from several sources published by the National Center
for Education Statistics (NCES).
http://nces.ed.gov/edstats/
Education Statistics Projections to 2001-02
Projected data for institutions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Handbook of Research on Teacher Education
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)
Objectives, programs and teaching practices for pre-K-12.
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http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#KCDLONLINE
Review of Research in Education
Timely and authoritative essays on many aspects of education.
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Staff Data Handbook: Elementary, Secondary, and Early Childhood Education
Standard terms and definitions used in the preparation of school staff
data. Includes information about designing staff record-keeping systems.
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Student Data Handbook: Elementary, Secondary, and Early Childhood
Education
Standard terms and definitions used in the preparation of student data.
Includes information about designing student record-keeping systems.
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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/
The
International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences
The International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences is the online
equivalent of the 24 volume encyclopedia published in 2002. Content is organized
around more than 30 primarily interdisciplinary topical areas of active research
and significant promise (for example, memory, crime and violence, markets,
modernization), combined with the categories: Overarching Topics,Disciplines,
Intersecting fields, and Applications. Includes extensive indices, searchable
full-text, and embedded electronic reference links. Annual updates are planned
for release from 2004.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#SOCBEHVSCI
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
Psychology Databases
Primary resource for psychology and related aspects of disciplines including education, organizational management, psychophysiology, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, etc. Many titles are available in full text.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#PSYCINFO
PsycINFO
PsycINFO, the primary database for psychology and related disciplines, is a database of psychological literature from the 1800's to the present, from 1300 journals from 50 countries. Through SilverPlatter, it provides full text, searchable access to more than 25,000 articles from 42 journals published by APA and allied organizations from 1988 to the present, and links to non-APA full text journals owned in electronic format by the University Libraries. Related subject areas included education, organizational management, psychophysiology, psychiatry, nursing, ergonomics, environmental psychology, human factors engineering, sociology, business, law and more. Published by the American Psychological Association.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#PSYCHOVID
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
American Journal of Education
Articles on original inquiries in education, evaluation and synthesis of educational
scholarship, scholarly commentary, theoretical statements, and philosophical
arguments on educational practice.
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Curriculum Inquiry
Studies of curriculum development and evaluation, school reform, educational
theory and practice, classrooms, and teaching.
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Journal of Curriculum Theorizing
Includes articles, political notes and notices, curriculum projects and reports,
book reviews, letters, and poetry on curriculum studies.
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The Journal of Educational Research
Scholarly works of authors who experiment with new procedures, evaluate traditional
practices, replicate previous research for validation, and perform other work
central to the understanding and improvement of students and educators.
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The Journal of Teacher Education
Issues relating to teacher education and professional standards.
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NASSP (National Association of Secondary School Principals)
Bulletin
Presents middle and high school administrators with information and opinions
about current issues such as school choice, scheduling, standards, teacher
mentoring and technology. Includes a "Legal Brief" section, summaries
of research, descriptions of innovative programs, and Book Reviews.
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Pennsylvania Education
Provides information on aspects of education in Pennsylvania schools.
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School Library Journal
Caters to the needs of professionals in libraries for children and young adults.
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Resources for Secondary 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
National Center
for Educational Statistics Surveys and Program Areas
Provides information on the condition of public and private education and
presents research reports on current and emerging education topics.
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/
NCATE (National
Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education)
Standards to improve the quality of teaching and education in K-12.
http://www.ncate.org/
The Social Science
Information Gateway(SOSIG)
A reliable source of selected, high quality internet information for researchers
and practitioners in the social sciences, business, and law.
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/