Education 450: Curriculum Construction
InfoDome for Education
http://www.lehigh.edu/library/infodome/educationsearch.html
Key library databases and a collection of evaluated web sites by librarians at Lehigh

Curriculum and Juvenile Literature Collection at Lehigh Libraries
http://www.Lehigh.EDU/library/collections/edcurriculum.html
A description of the textbook and children/youth fiction and non-fiction collections at Lehigh.

GEM (Gateway for Educational Materials)
http://www.thegateway.org
The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other
education resources on the Internet.

Recommended by Dr. Leight:
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
http://www.mcrel.org/
"...most notable of McREL's contributions to the field is a compendium of K-12...standards."

EdSitement
http://www.edsitement.neh.gov/
An excellent catalog of evaluated resource maintained by National Endowment for the Humanities.

ERIC (open access to all features of the ERIC system)
http://www.accesseric.org/index.html
A portal to all aspects of the ERIC system including several versions of the ERIC database,
links to all the content-rich ERIC Clearinghouses, the Education Resource Organizations Directory
and more.

Useful subject headings in ASA, Lehigh's Library Catalog

curriculum evaluation
curriculum planning
education, secondary -- curricula
education, elementary -- curricula
problem based learning
Also, combine the subject heading "study and teaching" and a subject area
Useful subject headings in ERIC:
COURSE CONTENT
CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM BASED ASSESSMENT
CURRICULUM DESIGN
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT
CURRICULUM EVALUATION
CURRICULUM GUIDES
CURRICULUM PROBLEMS
CURRICULUM RESEARCH
INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
RELEVANCE (EDUCATION)

Tip:  factor record type 052 into your search to limit your ERIC results to articles and reports that are classroom guides for teachers.  Use the advanced search option.

Jean M. Johnson   jean.johnson@lehigh.edu
Librarian for Education Client Services Team
296 Fairchild-Martindale Computing Center #8B
610-758-4889
Spring 2001 Office Hours:
Mondays 1 to 5 FM Library Information Commons
Wednesdays 2 to 5 Iacocca Hall Room A-325; By appointment