LibGuides: Education : Teaching Sciences

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Encyclopedia of Science Education
a comprehensive reference work covering the range of methodologies, perspectives, foci, and cultures of this field of inquiry, and to do so via contributions from leading researchers from around the globe.
The world of science education: handbook of research in North America
a handbook on North American(Canada, US) science education

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>Science study and teaching.
>Science teaching and lebanon

Selected titles

Handbook of research on science education
a comprehensive, coherent, current synthesis of the empirical and theoretical research concerning teaching and learning in science
Science Education: A Global Perspective
covers a wide range of topics in science education from various national and international perspectives

Find Articles using Databases

Don't have a journal in your mind? Need an article? Use education or multidisciplinary databases such as:

Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window A comprehensive database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties. It also covers curriculum instruction, policy, administration, and related social issues. It includes journal articles, conference papers, books and monographs. Availability: Bibliographic citations and full-text Date Coverage: ---- provides full text for more than 2,000 journals back to 1936, and includes conference papers, books and monographs back to 1972.
ERIC This link opens in a new window Sponsored by the US Department of Education, is the national bibliographic database of education literature. Consists of two files: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Covers journals and unpublished documents. Contains citations to research reports, teaching guides, conference papers, books and journal articles. Availability: Bibliographic citations and selected full-text Date Coverage: 1966 to present Hints: ERIC's EDs are available in Full Text on microfilm/ Audiovisual section / Jafet Library
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window A multidisciplinary database that supports research in more than 160 subject areas covering arts and humanities, business and management, health and medicine, science and technology, and social sciences. It includes scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, market reports and videos. Availability: Full-text and bibliographic citations Date Coverage: 1905 to present
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window An integrated platform for books, journals, and other materials published by Springer. Includes more than 173,000 titles from every scientific discipline (computer science, medicine, public health, engineering, mathematics, life sciences, etc.) and many social sciences discipline (education, history, political sciences, psychology, etc.) 481 of the journal titles are accessible from volume one. Availability: Full-text Date Coverage: 1832 to present
Web of Science This link opens in a new window Web of Science, an authoritative and multidisciplinary citation database, allows searching of core journal articles, conference proceedings, data sets, and other resources in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Includes current and retrospective coverage dating to 1900. Also features "cited reference" search capabilities. Availability: Bibliographic citations Date Coverage: 1900 to present

Selected Journals

The following is a list of selected journals. You may also access the below journals by going to Journal Finder and type the journal name.

SMEC @ AUB

Science and Mathematics Education Center

Internet Links

Associations

Learning Tools and Lesson Plans

BioEd Online
online educational resource for educators, students, and parents
Federal Resources for Education Excellence
1,500 learning resources.
Education in Chemistry
for teachers of chemistry across the secondary and higher education
Learning Science
latest and emerging "learning tools" of science education.
National Science Digital Library
online educational resources for teaching and learning,
National Science Resources Center
Primary Science Teaching Resources
Understanding Science
resource that communicates what science is and how it really works.

Web Resources

Intute - Science Education
Science.gov
explore selected science websites by topic.

Videos