Pathfinder for Education

Wikipedia Entries: Education, Pedagogy, Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Electronic Learning

Some Print Resources at the WCC Library

• Encyclopedia of Education, 8 volumes, edited by James Guthrie (Reference: LB15 .E47 2003)
• Education Myths : what special interest groups want you to believe about our schools, and why it isn’t so by Jay Greene (LA210 .E445 2005)
• Education : opposing viewpoints by Mary Williams (Research Topics Carrel, Library use only)
• Top Ten Myths in Education : fantasies Americans love to believe by Larry Frase (LA217.2 .F69 2000)
• The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom (E169.1 .B653 1987)
• The End of Education : redefining the value of school by Neil Postman (LA217.2 .P67 1995)
• to be determined (call number)

You will get a more focused search if you add an addition word to your search to specify what aspect of education you are looking for.

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Digital Books (via eBrary and NetLibrary)

• Authentic Learning Environments in Higher Education by Anthony Herrington
• The Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences edited by R. Keith Sawyer

Web Sites

• Center for Academic Integrity
• Instructional Development at Windward Community College
• Hawaii Content & Performance Standards III - from the Department of Education
• National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) - from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
• Edutopia
• Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL)
• TeacherTube - videos explaining almost anything
• Learner.org - resources from the Annenberg Foundation

Videos

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Gender and Education

• Boys and Girls Learn Differently! : a guide for teachers and parents by Michael Gurian (LC212.92 .G87 2001)
• Tilting the Playing Field : schools, sports, sex, and Title IX by Jessica Gavora (GV709.18.U6 G38 2002
• Mathematics and Gender edited by Elizabeth Fennema (QA27.5 .M38 1990)
• Mapping the Moral Domain : a contribution of women’s thinking to psychological theory and education edited by Carol Gilligan

Bloom's Taxonomy

• Taxonomy of educational objectives : the classification of educational goals edited by Benjamin Bloom (LB17 .T3)
• Summary of the taxonomy - from the University of Victoria
• Applying the taxonomy - from the University of Washington

For more resources, including online journal articles, check out the WCC Library main page.