Teaching Resources in the COS Library

The Library contains a variety of resources to assist you as you develop lesson plans, design research assignments, and employ pedagogical techniques in your classroom. 

 

Teaching Resources the COS Library

The COS Library has many periodicals that can support your teaching philosophy, provide pedagogical instruction, including

  • Using rubrics
  • Assessing students' critical thinking ability
  • Using portfolios
Huba, M. E. & Freed, J. E. (2000). Learner-centered assessment on college campuses: Shifting the focus from teaching to learning. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
  • Student engagement
  • Technology
  • Service-learning
Upcraft, M. L. Gardner, J. N., & Barefoot, B. O. (2005). Challenging and supporting the first-year student: A handbook for improving the first year of college. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Cooperative learning
Johnson, D. W. et al (1991). Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom. Interaction Book Co Edina, MN : Interaction Book Co.
  • Active learning in human services
Solomon, C. (2000). Active learning exercises for social work and the human services. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
 

 

General Education & Pedagogy 
Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and LearningA forum for the dissemination of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education for the community of teacher-scholars. The journal publishes theory-based investigations supported by evidence, and articles that promote effective practices in teaching and learning. Free online.
 
Chronicle of Higher Education Provides news reports and editorials on all facets of higher education in the United States, Canada, and abroad, with reference lists of relevant research, books, seminars, workshops, fellowships, and grants. Available in the COS library in print.  Updated daily online. Click here for the latest community college news.
 
Journal of Educational Psychology The Journal of Educational Psychology publishes original psychological education research as well as theoretical and review articles.
 
  
Community College Research & Administration  
New Directions for Community Colleges Provides expert guidance in meeting the challenges of the expanding educational mission of community college administrators.
 
Journal of College Student Development The leading scholarly journal on the study of college students in the field of student affairs, higher education, sociology, psychology, social work, nursing, business administration, and health sciences.
 
Community College Review CCR contains articles address all aspects of community college administration, education, and policy, both within the American higher education system as well as within the higher education systems of other countries that have similar tertiary institutions. Refereed. Quarterly.
 
  
  
Science, Math, Engineering 
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education Promotes and disseminates disciplined scholarly inquiry into the teaching and learning of mathematics at all levels, including research reports, book reviews, and commentaries. Official journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
 
Chemistry Education Research & Practice A journal for teachers, researchers and other practitioners in chemical education. CERP is an electronic only journal, and is accessible online free, providing full text articles four times a year. Referred.
 
CBE—Life Sciences Education CBE-LSE publishes articles on how students are introduced to the study of life sciences at the K–12, undergraduate, and graduate levels. Publication of the American Society for Cell Biology. Peer-reviewed. A free online quarterly journal.
 
  
Social Science, Humanities, Languages  
  
College English Examines various study and teaching methods for teachers of college-level English language arts
 
International Journal of Education and the Arts A journal of research and scholarship. Free online.
 
Language & Literacy A journal for educators interested in a broad range of literacy issues encompassing research and teaching in multimedia, print, and oracy. Free online.
 
Language Learning & Technology LLT disseminates research to foreign and second language educators on issues related to language learning and language teaching, and how they are affected or enhanced by the use of technologies. Free online.
 
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language TESL-EJ is an internationally- recognized source of information ESL and EFL. Refereed. Free online.
 
Bilingual Research Journal BRJ publishes manuscripts dealing with bilingual education, bilingualism, and language policies in education, and second language learning and teaching.  A peer reviewed, free online journal.
 
  
Information Literacy 
  http://cosl.iii.com/search/X?SEARCH=information+literacy&SORT=D
  
  
Health, Nursing, PE  
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior JNEB documents and disseminates original research, emerging issues and practices relevant to nutrition education and behavior worldwide. Official journal of the Society for Nutrition Education. Refereed.
 
BMC Medical Education BMC Medical Education publishes original, peer-reviewed research articles in undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing medical education. Free online.
 
International Electronic Journal of Health Education IEJHE publishes articles ranging from research to theory-based manuscripts, and includes interviews with legends in the field of health education, promotion, and behavior. Peer-reviewed. Free online.
 
Business  
  
  
Agriculture & Natural Resources 
Agricultural Education This is a journal written for persons involved in teaching agriculture. Articles may be centered on a theme, and there are five or six articles on each theme
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Reading Improvement  
Review of Educational Research  
Journal of Educational Research  
Educational Research Quarterly The Educational Research Quarterly publishes evaluative, integrative, theoretical and methodological manuscripts reporting the results of research; current issues in education; synthetic review articles which result in new syntheses or research directions; book reviews; theoretical, empirical or applied research in psychometrics, edumetrics, evaluation, research methodology or statistics; descriptions of research in progress which provide new insights; germinal studies which establish new directions for research or the practice of education as well as research of an interdisciplinary nature and replications or extensions of previous work.
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance  
Education - check ISBN  
Education Digest Condenses outstanding articles on education and includes features on new resources, news from Washington, education briefs, and web resources. 0013-127x
Nursing. (check here for big journals in each field, then that they include education research.) 
Community College Journal Ag The Community College Journal features articles by leading experts, opinions that put the news in perspective, coverage of higher education issues, and profiles of the field's leaders. Every issue covers news and information from a national network of colleges, providing the latest surveys, practices, and innovations.
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education

 

CITE

The CITE Journal is an online, peer-reviewed journal, established and jointly sponsored by five professional associations (AMTE, ASTE, NCSS-CUFA, CEE, and SITE). This is the only joint venture of this kind in the field of teacher education. Each professional association has sole responsibility for editorial review of articles in its discipline:
  • Technology and Science Education (ASTE)
  • Technology and Mathematics Education (AMTE)
  • Technology and Social Studies Education (NCSS-CUFA)
  • Technology and English Education (CEE)
  • Educational Technology: General (SITE)

The CITE Journal has a unique Commentary feature, which permits readers to author short responses to articles published in a commentary strand linked to the article. This feature takes advantage of an interactive medium to develop an ongoing, peer-reviewed dialog.

In addition to its discipline-based journals, CITE Journal has a General Educational Technology section and three cross-disciplinary sections: Editorial, Current Practice, and Seminal Articles.

The journal's online medium also allows authors to demonstrate the technologies about which they are writing, including video and audio segments, animation, virtual reality, Web links, and simulations. The CITE Journal was established with support from a U.S. Department of Education Catalyst grant.

 

information literacy

 

 

 

Links to Teaching Resources

  • Online Resources for your campus @one Services and resources have been developed specifically for California Community College faculty and staff. These resources include:

    • Online Tutorials focused on pedagogy

    • Training courses on instructional uses of technology

    • MS Office training materials for self study

    • A searchable database of outside tutorials and online resources

    • Upcoming educational-technology conferences 

  • HorizonLive. an internet based virtual classroom that uses live streaming audio and video, allowing faculty, students, staff and administrators to present and interact in a live environment. CVC4 has licensed HorizonLive to cover up to 50 users online at one time. Service will be provided until the end of August 2002.

 

 

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