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Education Research Guide  

This is a guide to finding the best resources for research in Education.
Last Updated: Nov 13, 2013 URL: http://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/education Print Guide RSS UpdatesEmail AlertsShareThis

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Click on the tabs at the top of this page find information about locating Education resources

 

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Tips & Tricks

What are Secondary Sources? Articles, chapters etc. written about a work e.g. the theorist Vygotsky. They describe, interpret, analyse, evaluate, explain or comment on a primary source or event in hindsight.

 What are Primary Sources? Original materials, created at the time of an event or soon thereafter by somebody who collected data or experienced the event. They are often one-of-a-kind or rare sources and present original thinking, new discoveries or new information.

Beware Wikipedia!  It can't be cited in academic work (avoid sites where authors aren't accountable for contributions)

Avoid Plagiarism
Be careful not the use an authors work or ideas without referencing it (even if not directly quoted & you've changed words)

 

Books of Interest

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Literacy in Early Childhood and Primary Education - McLachlan, Nicholson, Fielding-Barnsley, Mercer & Ohi
ISBN: 9781107671010
The book explores the continuum of literacy learning and children's transitions from early childhood settings to junior primary classrooms and then to senior primary and beyond. Reader-friendly and accessible, this book equips pre-service teachers with the theoretical underpinnings and practical strategies to teach literacy.

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Beginnings and Beyond - Gordon & Browne
ISBN: 9781133936961
In a clear and easy-to-understand style, the book's five sections lay out basic questions any student of early childhood education would want answered. At the same time, the chapters present key concepts, the latest research, and practical examples so that questions are thoroughly answered.

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Action Research in Education - McAteer
ISBN: 9781446241066
This hands-on and user-friendly book uses illustrative case studies to demonstrate and explore the potential for change in real social situations. This book seeks to assert the academic integrity of action research and to de-mystify the process.

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Exploring Education - Sadovnik, Cookson, Semel (eds)
ISBN: 9780415808613
Offers an alternative to traditional foundations texts by combining a point-of-view analysis with primary source readings. Pre- & in-service teachers will find a solid introduction to the foundations disciplines - history, philosophy, politics, and sociology of education - and their application to educational issues, including school organization & teaching, curriculum & pedagogic practices, education & inequality, and school reform & improvement.

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Learning to Teach in the Primary School - Hudson (Ed)
ISBN: 9781107672826
Education is in a constant state of change and development. Learning to Teach in the Primary School provides a pathway into Australian education for preservice primary teachers. This practical and engaging text includes strong links to the Australian Curriculum and frames teaching around understanding primary students, how they learn, and their contexts.

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Successful Science Education Practices - Redman (Ed)
ISBN: 9781622573875
Designed to provide a conduit for the pre-service and beginning teacher of science to access contemporary educational research. The chapters offer researched forms of classroom practices that are also easy to transfer into classrooms. The teaching of chemistry, biology, astronomy and physics, and Primary Science teaching, are discussed with a focus on new technology tools, as well as important topics for the new teacher of science.

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Teaching Physical Education in Primary School - Currie
ISBN: 9781742860923
In primary schools today, children are expected to participate in regular, safe, fun and engaging movement and physical activity as part of the national curriculum. Not surprisingly, teaching staff are also being encouraged to update their training and expand their expertise in the field.

 

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email Ruth Talbot-Stokes
Faculty Librarian Education & Arts

email Leone Clough
School Librarian for Education

email Jenny Marriott
Research & Learning Librarian (Ourimbah)

 

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