Library Course Assessment for
EDUC 382 & 427
EDUC 382 Diversity in Education: Theories, Policies, Practices
This is the Library’s report for EDUC 382 Diversity in Education: Theories, Policies, Practices. This course will first be offered in Fall 2005 and twice yearly thereafter with an expected enrollment of 30-40 students per term. It will be a general interest course open to students within and outside of the Faculty of Education. It has been previously taught as a Special Topics course, EDUC 382-4.
Monographs
An illustrative reading list was provided with the course outline. The Library is actively collecting in the subject areas covered by this course, and holds all but a small percentage of the material on the sample reading list. The following titles from the reading list are not in the SFU Library collection and should be acquired:
Changing education for diversity / David Corson. Open Univ Press, 1998. 0335195873. $46
Developing thematic units: process & product / Diane Allen. Delmar Publishers, 1995. 0827363214. $65
Dilemmas in educational change / Ted Riecken, et al. Detselig Enterprises, 1993.1-55059-053-7. $18
Diversity and teaching (Teacher Education Yearbook I) / Mary O'Hair, et al. Harcourt, 1993.0-15-500498-0. $37
Human diversity in education: an integrative approach / Kenneth Cushner. McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2002. 0-07-248669-4. $84
Slant of the pen: racism in children’s books / Roy Preiswerk, ed. World Council of Churches, 1980. 2825406201. Out of Print. $20
Student cultural diversity understanding and meeting the challenge / Eugene Garcia. Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 0618122087. $84
Total one-time cost: $308
These acquisitions can be covered from within the existing Library budget.
Serials
The Library’s existing collection of journals in Education will be useful for students in this course. In particular, the following titles are relevant to the subject of the course:
Canadian journal of counselling
Canadian journal of Native education
Canadian modern language review
Diversity digest
Educational administration quarterly
Educational theory
EMME: electronic magazine of multicultural education
Harvard educational review
Journal of educational psychology
Journal of language, identity, and education
Journal of multicultural counseling and development
Phi Delta Kappan
Race, ethnicity and education
Review of research in education
Theory into practice
The Library has adequate serial holdings to support this course.
Bibliographic Tools
The Library’s existing bibliographic tools will be adequate for locating resources for this course. In particular, the following indexes provided by library license will be useful:
ERIC, CBCA Fulltext Education , Alternative Press Index
Costs: there are no new library costs associated with this course.
EDUC 427 Seminar in Teaching Children with High-Incidence Disabilities
This is the Library’s report for EDUC 427 Seminar in Teaching Children with High-Incidence Disabilities. This course is intended as a complement to EDUC 424 and will be offered once per year.
Monographs
An illustrative reading list was provided with the course outline. The Library is actively collecting in the subject areas covered by this course, and holds all but a small percentage of the material on the sample reading list. The following titles from the reading list are not in the SFU Library collection and should be acquired:
Educational interventions / T.E. Scruggs et al., eds. (Advances in learning & behavioral disabilities, v.14) Elsevier Science Pub., 2000.0-7623-0561-4. $110
Identification and assessment / T.E. Scruggs et al., eds. (Advances in learning & behavioral disabilities, v.16) JAI Press/Elsevier Science Pub, 2003. 0762310294. $110
Minority students in gifted and special education / National Research Council Staff. National Academy Press.0-309-07439-8, 2002. $61
Special education : core knowledge study guide / Educational Testing Service, 2002. 088685217X. $31
Zero tolerance : can suspension and expulsion keep schools safe? / Russell J. Skiba, Gil G. Noam, editors. Jossey-Bass/John Wiley, 2002. 078791441X. 2002. $35
Total one-time cost: $347
These acquisitions can be covered from within the existing Library budget.
Serials
The Library’s existing collection of journals in Education will be useful for students in this course. In particular, the following titles are relevant to the subject of the course:
American educational research journal
Childhood education
Exceptional children
Focus on exceptional children
Harvard educational review
Journal of educational psychology
Journal of learning disabilities
The Journal of special education
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Learning disabilities research & practice
Learning disability quarterly
Remedial and special education
Teaching exceptional children
The Library has adequate serial holdings to support this course.
Bibliographic Tools
The Library’s existing bibliographic tools will be adequate for locating resources for this course. In particular, the following indexes provided by library license will be useful:
ERIC, CBCA Fulltext Education, PsycInfo
Costs: There are no new library costs associated with this course.
Note: The materials required for these courses are located in the WAC Bennett Library on the Burnaby campus. This assessment is based on the assumption that the courses will be offered at SFU’s Burnaby campus. If the courses were to be offered at SFU Surrey or Harbour Centre, or as an off-campus courses, additional Library costs would be incurred.