Online Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks and etc.
- General Resources
- Historical Resources
- Multicultural Resources
- School Superintendency and School District Administration
- Building-Level School Administration
- Educational Leadership
- Social and Cultural Influences on Education
- Social Justice
- Curriculum Studies
- Moral and Spiritual Aspects of Education
- Student Achievement
General Resources
Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration, 2006
- Essays on theories, research, terms, concepts, ideas, and histories on educational leadership and school administration
- Also in print: Ref LB2805 .E527 2006
Education and Technology: An Encyclopedia
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Sample topics: distance education, multiple intelligences, virtual libraries, acceptable use policies, instructional technology
- Information on professional organizations and leaders in the field of educational technology
- Glossary of basic technology terms such as email, FTP, hyperlink and intranet.
- Covers the main areas of education from early childhood education through college
- Sample topics: international curriculum, higher education and school curriculum, and instructional design, objectives and strategies
- Also in print: Ref LB15 .E47 2003
World Education Encyclopedia (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
- Provides detailed signed essays on educational systems of 233 countries
- Includes a short history and an explanation of the legal foundations for each country
- Also in print: Ref LB15 .W87 2001
Greenwood Dictionary of Education, 2003
- Brief articles on a wide variety of educational topics
Middle Grades Education: A Reference Handbook, 2003
- Essays on topics relating to middle grades education, including diversity, pedagogical perspectives, and organizations and associations
- Chronology of important dates in the history of middle grades education
Secondary Schools: A Reference Handbook, 2003
- Essays on a variety of topics relating to secondary education, including curriculum, standardization, and commercialization
- Chronology of important dates in the history of secondary education
Copyright for Schools: A Practical Guide, 4th ed., 2005
- Sample topics: copyright of music materials in schools, computer software in schools, managing copyright in schools, copyright policies
Historical Resources
Historical Dictionary of American Education
- Contains 357 entries covering a variety of topics including major court cases, organizations and associations and important historical figures.
- Published in 1999.
Historical Dictionary of School Segregation and Desegregation: the American Experience
- Contains articles on a wide variety of topics related to segregation in American schools, including ability grouping, Historically Black Colleges and Universities and race relations.
- Includes information on important court cases and historical figures.
- Published in 1998.
Historical Dictionary of Women's Education in the United States
- Contains articles about a wide variety of topics concerning the education of women from nursery school to college, including schools for women, organizations and important women.
- Each article has a bibliography.
- Published in 1998.
Multicultural Resources
African-American Education: A Reference Handbook
- Contains essays on a variety of topic relating to African-American education, including chronology, colleges and universities, legal influences, and organizations.
- Also contains a glossary of important terms and a list of print and non-print resources.
- Published in 2001.
Encyclopedia of African-American Education
- Contains entries covering many aspects of African-American education, including history, important people, schools, and court cases.
- Each article contains a bibliography for further reading.
- Published in 1996.
Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education
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Contains more than 400 articles on terms, concepts, major court cases, events, and important people relating to multicultural education.
- Includes a bibliography for more information.
- Published in 1999.
World education encyclopedia : a survey of educational systems worldwide
- This country-by-country survey of educational systems provides detailed essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries.
- Published in 2001.
School Superintendency and School District Administration
Besieged: School Boards and the Future of Education Politics
- Fourteen Articles by various authors on Educational Leadership .
- Published in 2005.
Challenges of Conflicting School Reforms: Effects of New American Schools in a High-Poverty District
- Study on innovation aspects of New American Schools (NAS) in San Antonio Texas
- Includes charts and figures.
- Published in 2002
Promises Kept: Sustaining School and District Leadership in a Turbulent Era
- Case studies on educational leadership and change
- Also includes descriptions, strategies, easy-to-use charts, and specific examples
- Published 2004
Standards-based Leadership: A Case Study Book for the Superintendency
- Case studies based on Superintendent standards
- Published 2003
Building-Level School Administration
Capturing the Wisdom of Practice: Professional Portfolios for Educators
- Designed as a manual for educators to create portfolios
- Extensive Appendixes with portfolio rubrics
- Published 1999
Centering Educational Administration: Cultivating Meaning, Community, Responsibility
- Book attempts to place the leading of schools within broad historical and cultural frameworks
- Suggests a variety of site-based, action research activities
- Published 2003
The Principal Challenge: Leading and Managing Schools in an Era of Accountability
- Analysis and research on the preparation of principals
- Modes of leadership training
- Published 2002
Educational Leadership
Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration
- Contains over 600 essays on theories, research, terms, concepts, ideas, and histories on educational leadership and school administration
- Published in 2006.
Current Issues in School Leadership
- Parts on: Social and Political Issues, Curriculum and Learning Issues, and Organization and Management Issues
- Published 2005
- Topics: Creating change, leadership profile, time management, accountability systems, identification and mentoring of future leaders
- Published 2002
- Explores theories and practices of leadership with articles, biographical essays, and case studies.
- Published in 2004.
How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae
- Examples and tips for CVs
- Appendix of action verbs
- Published 2003
Reconsidering Feminist Research in Educational Leadership
- Theories, methods, and epistemologies for feminist research in educational leadership
- Designed as a sourcebook for feminist researchers in education leadership (and in other fields)
- Published 2003
The Leadership Training Activity Book: 50 Exercises for Building Effective Leaders
- Estimated time for each activity
- Suggested group sizes
- Published 2005
Women and School Leadership: International Perspectives
- Expanded versions of symposium papers from American Educational Research
- Published 2002
Social and Cultural Influences on Education
- Separate entries for every country in the world
- Each entry gives a succinct overview covering the contemporary social, economic, religious and political issues that shape the country
- It also contains vital statistics such as GDP, life expectancy, income distribution, and internet use
- Published 2007
- Focuses on cultures and countries around the world
- What is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country
- Entries contain descriptive summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information.
- Published 2001
Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West
- Presents the tapestry of the West and its population during various periods of migration
- Focused biographies, community histories, economic enterprise analysis, and demographic studies
- The two volumes examine the settling of the West and include coverage of movements of American Indians, African Americans, and the role of
- women in the West's development.
- Published 2006
Language Minority Students in American Schools: An Education in English
- Language acquisition theory and their applications in the classroom
- English as a second dialect
- Bilingual education
- Published 2005
- Reference to historical developments from prehistory through 2004
- Includes many events not found in conventional history books
- Demonstrates that knowledge grows incrementally, that one advance leads to another
- Shows many interrelationships between politics, economics, energy, transportation, technology, science, and medicine.
- Published 2005
Persistence and Change in Rural Communities: A 50-year Follow-up to Six Classic Studies
- Evaluates the ways in which the local community has evolved and the degree to which it remains a relevant form of social organization in contemporary rural America
- Studies on the following communities: Sublette, Kansas; Irwin, Iowa; Harmony, Georgia; Landaff, New Hampshire; El Cerrito, New Mexico; and the Amish Community
- Published 2002
Social Justice
Education and Justice: A View From the Back of the Bus
- Issues related to the critical role played by human resource capital in both education and social justice
- Published 1999
Education and Social Change: Themes in the History of American Schooling
- An introduction to the history of American education
- Published 2005
Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights
- Historical and Civil Rights perspectives on the Algebra Project
- Appendix: The Mathematics of Trips
- Published 2002
Social Scientists for Social Justice: Making the Case against Segregation
- Examines two eras of social-scientific thinking about race
- And the specific mechanisms by which social scientists became involved in the legal process
- Published 2001
Studying Educational and Social Policy: Theoretical Concepts and Research Methods
- Overview of several basic conceptual and methodological tools used to study policy processes and outcomes
- How policy is formulated, implemented, and evaluated
- Published 2004
Curriculum Studies
- Help teachers achieve greater success in the classroom through alignment of curriculum to produce focus, purpose, and unity in teaching and learning.
- Appendixes on American Studies Curriculum and Performance Standards
- Published 2001
Computers, Curriculum, and Cultural Change: An Introduction for Teachers
- Provides students with an introduction to using computers in educational settings
- Website to accompany use of the book: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
- Published 2005
Developing an Online Curriculum: Technologies and Techniques
- Activities associated with Developing, Implementing, and Maintaining the curriculum
- Published 2004
International Handbook of Curriculum Research
- Thirty-eight essays from twenty-eight nations
- Devoted to internationalization, globalization, and curriculum studies
- Published 2003
- Political aspects of curriculum reform
- Published 2004
Moral and Spiritual Aspects of Education
Character Education: A Book Guide for Teachers, Librarians, and Parents
- Designed to help educators and parents initiate discussions and learning about the importance of character and values
- Reference for books regarding character traits they want to help young citizens to develop
- Discussion notes and activity suggestions help build reader awareness of character issues
- Published 2002
- Proposals and case studies
- Theories behind practical applications
- Published 2001
Educating Citizens: Preparing America's Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic Responsibility
- Proposals and case studies
- Theories behind practical applications
- Published 2001
Education and the Soul: Toward a Spiritual Curriculum
- Spiritual concepts to aid in teaching the soul as opposed to the mind
- Published 2000
Philosophical Discussion in Moral Education: The Community of Ethical Inquiry
- About the broad endeavor of producing morally praiseworthy characters, the philosophical thinking that underpins the enterprise, and a specific classroom practice
- Published 2001
Student Achievement
Enhancing Student Achievement: A Framework for School Improvement
- Models and rubrics intended to help educators seriously examine the core functions of teaching and learning
- Published 2002
Linking Teacher Evaluation and Student Learning
- Assessments of teacher quality in Oregon, Colorado, Virginia and Tennessee
- Appendixes with research methods and example forms
- Published 2005
Principals and Student Achievement: What the Research Says
- Reviews of 81 post-1985 research articles that look at principals' behaviors in relation to one or more student outcomes
- representative, rather than exhaustive, summary, including the work of those researchers who are cited as experts by their peers
- Published 2003
Student Achievement Through Staff Development
- Demonstrates the close linkages between staff development, the development of professional learning communities, changes in curriculum, instruction and climate, and the cumulative effects on student learning
- A comprehensive guide that establishes the core agenda for staff development
- Published 2002
