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Learning Commons Updates

February 13, 2023

  • We ordered a number of fantastic picture books from Mélanie Watt, Jon Klassen, and more -- they'll be part of our juvenile curriculum collection soon!

December 6, 2022

  • We're currently pulling underused materials from the YA curriculum collection.
  • Our pulling criteria are as follows: items we've owned for more than five years that...
    • Haven't been used in at least five years OR
    • Have been used less than 0.1 times per year on average

November 30, 2022

  • We placed orders for some of Nelson Canada's Under the Sun guided reading classroom sets.

Education

NWP has a variety of online databases with information about education topics, plus librarians to help with research.

Click/tap the tabs to to learn more!

Search Terms to Try:

  • Child development
    • Authorized subject heading from the Library of Congress - details available at https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85023357
    • Narrower topics include
      • Child psychology
      • Infants--development
      • Toddlers--development
  • Classroom management
    • Authorized subject heading from the Library of Congress - details available at https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85026819
    • Narrower topics include
      • Classroom environment
  • Education--curricula
    • Authorized subject heading from the Library of Congress - details available at https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85040999
    • Narrower topics include
      • Curriculum planning
      • Lesson planning
  • Individualized instruction
    • Authorized subject heading from the Library of Congress - details available at https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85065691
    • Narrower topics include
      • Individualized education programs
      • Mastery learning
  • Lesson planning
  • Physical education for children
    • Authorized subject heading from the Library of Congress - details available at https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85101527
    • Narrower topics include
      • Gymnastics for children
      • Movement education
  • Teachers--training of
    • Authorized subject heading from the Library of Congress - details available at https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85132999
    • Narrower topics include
      • Observation (educational method)
      • Student teaching
      • Teaching demonstrations
  • Teaching
    • Authorized subject heading from the Library of Congress - details available at https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85133052
    • Narrower topics include
      • Creative teaching
      • Direct instruction
      • Elementary school teaching
      • Group work in education
      • High school teaching
      • Remedial teaching

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References

Library of Congress. (2019, September 25). Library of Congress Authorities. https://authorities.loc.gov/

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