
Education
A Guide to Reference and Information Sources
- 189 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Focusing on English-language publications of the last decade, this guide identifies and describes key reference and information sources in the field of education today. In addition to general reference sources O'Brien covers major social science reference sources that have a direct or overlapping relationship to education. Nearly 500 entries are arranged by subject and type of work. Most are new to this work. For example, there are now a number of Internet sources with URL addresses and an increased number of journals, which reflects the increasing reliance on periodicals as information sources. The book has also been completely reorganized, with new chapters covering Educational Technology and Media; Multilingual and Multicultural Education; Adult Alternative, Continuing and Distance Education; Curriculum, Instruction, and Content areas; Educational Research, Measurement, and Testing; and so forth. Excluded are lists of education associations and organizations, general social science refe
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Table of contents
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- 1. General Education Sources
- 2. Educational Technology and Media
- 3. Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
- 4. Higher Education
- 5. Multilingual and Multicultural Education
- 6. Special Education
- 7. Adult, Alternative, Continuing, and Distance Education
- 8. Career and Vocational Education
- 9. Comparative and International Education
- 10. Curriculum, Instruction, and Content Areas
- 11. Educational Administration and Management
- 12. Educational History and Philosophy
- 13. Educational Research, Measurement, and Testing
- 14. Educational Psychology
- Author Index
- Title Index
- Subject Index