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Teaching Methodologies - Speech 130Your search for information on Teaching Methodologies, Theories, and Lesson Planning can include books, periodical articles, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources. Reference Books Listed below are reference books that may be useful in your research. Reference books give you valuable background information on your topic and help you become more familiar with the issues surrounding your topic. Once you have done your background research you will be ready to conduct more comprehensive research using books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and the Internet.
Books Books can provide a broad overview of a topic or in-depth information. Use the Library Catalog to find more books on your topic.The general call number for books on aspects of Education is L. More specific call numbers for your topic may be found by searching the Library Catalog by Subject. Try the following Library of Congress Subject Headings. But remember, this list is by no means conclusive. There are many more subject headings related to Teaching Methodologies, Theories and Lesson Planning in the online catalog. Selected Subject Headings:
You can also do a Keyword search to find books on your topic. If you find one book that is useful to your research, click on the Subject links to see others on the same subject. Magazines, Journals and Newspapers Journals and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic. The Library subscribes to several journals that cover the field of Education:
Finding Magazine, Journal, and Newspaper Articles To find articles on your topic, use one of the online databases listed below. These databases usually provide full-text articles on almost every topic. Conduct your search in these databases by using subject headings and keywords similar to those you used to locate books. You can also enter a specific teaching method as a search term. For example: Active learning Collaborative learning Cooperative learning Discovery based learning Problem based learning Whole language approach Databases for Education topics and issues: Gale Virtual Reference Library > Encyclopedia of Education > Sample Search "Instructional Strategies" For remote access to the library databases, see E-Resource Login & Searching Options. For historical research, the Library also has print indexes that must be used to find older articles, generally anything published before 1985.
Internet Sites The Internet can be a valuable source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet sites that may be useful are listed here.
California Department of Education
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Orange County Department of Education
Educator’s Reference Desk
National Association for the Education of Young Children
United States Department of Education
Evaluating Internet Sites If you are permitted to use the web, always evaluate websites before you use the information you find there. Look for: See the Library Research Guide Evaluating Websites for more information on evaluating internet resources. Evaluating Websites – Online Forms
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