LibGuides: Education: Online resources for education

Useful websites

Bullying Free NZ
Schools can’t prevent bullying alone. They need the support of whānau and communities to provide safe, positive learning environments for children and young people. That’s why the Bullying Prevention Advisory Group set up Bullying-free NZ - we all need to work together to prevent bullying.
Education Counts
The goal of Education Counts is to increase the availability and accessibility of information about education statistics and research. This link will take you to the latest publications on the Education Counts site.
Education Gazette
Ministry of Education
Provides relevant resources for parents, educators, students and researchers.
Ministry of Social Development - Publications and Resources
Browse publications and reports on a wide range of social issues within New Zealand.
The New Zealand Curriculum Online
New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work
A free, national peer-reviewed e-journal containing articles of interest to Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary teachers. The journal aims to disseminate New Zealand research on and by teachers and also other articles on current issues that may be of interest to teachers and prospective teachers.
Scoop - New Zealand
An independent New Zealand news site.
Statistics New Zealand - Schools Corner
A teaching resources aimed at primary and secondary school teachers who want to use statistics in the classroom, this site provides access to a variety of activities and resources covering social studies, statistics, and mathematics (for curriculum levels 1–4) and interactive games that encourage students to have fun exploring statistical methods (curriculum levels 2–6).
The Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
Browse the publications and reports available to the Teaching Council site.
TKI - Te Kete Ipurangi
Provides New Zealand schools and students with information, resources and curriculum materials to enhance teaching and learning, raise student achievement and advance professional development for teaching staff and school managers.
NZCER research publications page
The latest publications are shown by default. Refine your search using the filters available on the web page.
Te Whakaipurangi Rauemi
A storehouse of resources for teachers that is designed to be effective in promoting language learning and to support Te Aho Arataki Marau mō te Ako i Te Reo Māori - Kura Auraki and Te Reo Māori in the Māori language curriculum.

Children and Childhood in History

Bridget Williams Books New Zealand History Collection
A collection of ebooks covering topics in New Zealand history, including key texts on the Treaty of Waitangi.

Historical Abstracts (via EBSCOhost)
Historical coverage of the world from 1450+ (excluding US & Canada). Leading bibliography for historical study in the world with 2,000+ international journals.

Historical coverage of the world from 1450+ (excluding US & Canada). HA is the leading bibliography for historical study in the world with 2,000+ international journals. Researchers in history, multicultural studies, sociology, psychology, gender studies, religion, interdisciplinary studies, anthropology, political science, economics, business, education, music, art and law will find HA indispensable.
Humanities International Complete (via EBSCOhost)
Provides full-text of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. This database includes all data from Humanities International Index plus unique full-text content.

The journal of the history of childhood and youth.
Topics covered include: children and youth in history and social conditions. Browse the volumes and issues of this journal or search across the entire publication.

JSTOR
Provides full-text access to back issues (delay in coverage generally 3-5 years) of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities, social sciences, and life sciences. The Library's access includes all Arts & Sciences Collections, the Life Sciences Collection, Business IV, and the Ireland Collection.
History Collection (ProQuest)
Combined search across all Proquest databases relevant to history, including dissertations and theses, historical newspapers and publications on history for researchers of all levels.

Library Subject Guide for History
Access many more online databases, related to History as a discipline, that can help you find primary and secondary sources for your research essay

Education databases - big collections of online resources

Library databases are collections of reputable online resources; primarily online journals and newspapers but also e-books, images and videos. Some databases are subject specific (e.g. Education Research Complete) and some are multidisciplinary (e.g. ProQuest Central). The following list of databases, are useful for studies in the field of education.

Education Research Complete
Covers many areas of educational research: early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing

Education Database (ProQuest)
Provides access to educational publications spanning primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education.

NZCER journals online
Access NZ education research. This database alllows you to search across the NZCER journals: Set, Early Childhood Folio, Curriculum Matters and Assessment Matters, including a complete archive of past issues. Articles are available to download as pdfs

ERIC (ProQuest)
This database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide access to educational-related literature. Types of information include journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs (one-off publications),
A+ Education
Created in partnership with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), the education, assessment, and teacher research body in Australia – Informit A+ Education contains in-depth coverage of the learning, teaching and management issues facing all teaching professionals. Contributions come from leading researchers in teacher training, and include articles on policy, curriculum and pedagogical developments. *some NZ content*

Journal Surf (School Journal database)

Taylor & Francis Online
This database all so contains a large selection of education journals by T&F.

Audio visual databases with education documentaries and films

Kanopy
Includes a range of quality documentaries, and independent features films. Browse by Subject: Education; Teacher Education Development and Education Documentary.
Also includes documentaries on early childhood education, child development and teacher education K-12 (on a variety of subject areas, including: history, maths, science and geography)
Education In Video
Education in Video covers hundreds of special topics and themes representing many different teaching and learning conditions. Many of the videos include supplementary materials which may be downloaded. Content includes teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in classrooms, pre-school through secondary.
Academic Video Online: Premium
A multidisciplinary collection of videos with thousands of titles and more added each month that touches on the curriculum needs of virtually every department. Academic Video Online: Premium allows students and researchers to analyse unique and valuable content from over 500 producers and distributors of videos around the world.

eTV
eTV provides access to programs recorded off-air from domestic and international television channels and Internet channels.
1. Use eTV in the Google Chrome browser for best functionality.
2. Choose the Login option (top right) and login with your student email address (@otago.ac.nz) and password.

Provides real-time resources through recorded TV programmes, live streams and on demand videos. Includes TV recordings of programmes from over 30 domestic and international television channels, the entire Archives New Zealand historical film collection along with other educational content in many subject areas, live TV channels in English and other languages. Media hosting is available where videos and related materials may be uploaded to the eTV Library for online access by staff, students, and the wider educational community.

Education and Teaching podcasts

CORE Education podcasts page
CORE is a world-class, professional learning and development organisation, providing a diverse range of innovative, inspiring, and creative solutions to support educators and learners. Our aim is to build an excellent tomorrow, by helping you transform education today.
Teaching Today podcast
Teaching Council of New Zealand.
Ōtākaro Kōrero podcast
A Christchurch teacher has produced 16 podcasts with diverse voices to make professional learning and development (PLD) easy to access for his Kāhui Ako.
SET’s top 10 education podcasts
Recommendations from the Society for Education and Training (SET).
10 of the Absolute Best Podcasts for Teachers
This list comes from the WeAreTeachers website - "an online media brand for educators committed to one of the toughest, most rewarding jobs out there".

E-book databases

Sage (incl. Routledge) education eBooks
Sage (incl. Routledge) is a major publisher in the field of education. Browse a collection of their education e-books available here.
Education e-books in ProQuest Ebook Central
Link to e-books by subject; choose education.
Tayor & Francis e-books (education)
Browse a collection of T&F education e-books available here.
Math Solutions eBooks
The full collection of titles from independent publisher Math Solutions. These books focus on improving the teaching and learning of mathematics for primary and early secondary school children.

Education journals (peer reviewed) available online

These are just a tiny selection of the peer reviewed (aka scholarly, academic or refereed) education journals available to you online and many more are available from the database collections listed in the box on the left.

Not sure what 'peer reviewed' journals are? Check out this short video (2:32mins)

Teaching and Teacher Education by Elsevier Teaching and Teacher Education is an international journal concerned primarily with teachers, teaching, or teacher education situated in an international perspective or in an international context.
ISBN: 1879-2480
Curriculum and teaching: international review of curriculum and teaching Focuses on subjects such as curriculum design and development, evaluation, curriculum models, comparative studies in curriculum, innovation and policy, planning, and educational administration.
ISBN: 0726416X
Educational researcher by American Educational Research Association & SAGE Educational Researcher (ER) publishes scholarly / academic / peerreviewed articles that are of general significance to the education research community and that come from a wide range of areas of education research and related disciplines.
ISBN: 1935-102X
Learning and instruction "An international, multi-disciplinary journal that provides a platform for the publication of the most advanced high-quality research in the areas of learning, development, instruction and teaching."
ISBN: 1873-3263
Journal of teacher education Aim of journal is to serve as a research forum for a diverse group of scholars invested in the preparation and continued support of teachers who can have a significant voice in discussions and decision-making.
ISBN: 1552-7816
Educational research review Official journal of the European Association for Research on Learning & Instruction
ISBN: 1878-0385
Early childhood research quarterly by National Association for the Education of Young Children Publishes research on early childhood education and development from birth through 8 years of age. ECRQ publishes predominantly empirical research (quantitative or qualitative methods) on issues of interest to early childhood development, theory, and educational practice.
ISBN: 1873-7706
Australasian journal of technology education by Australian Society for Educational Technolog The Australasian Journal of Educational Technology is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research in educational technology, instructional design, online and e-learning, educational design, multimedia, computer assisted learning, and related areas

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