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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
- Authorized subject heading from the Library of Congress - details available at https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85076202
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/