Library Resources for Introduction to Curriculum Development Higher Diploma (ECE)

What you will learn today Search library resources for curriculum materials of early childhood education Know about different Library Collections Using Library catalogue  Quick Search  Advanced Search

Curriculum Materials of Early Childhood Education Resources available in different formats: Books Journals

Media Resources  Local TV Programme (EdVideo)  DVD/VCD/CD  CD-ROM Software  Charts  Teaching Kits Curriculum Materials of Early Childhood Education

Central Teaching Resources Collection Town Centre Library Collection Serials Collection Media Resources Collection Library Materials are grouped in different collections:

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Example: Search for Media Resources Collection materials with keywords preschool and music 1 32

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Keywords for ECE Curriculum Materials  Early childhood education  preschool, elementary  Kindergarten, nursery, infant, toddler  Study and teaching  Curricula, Curriculum planning  Activity program  Child development  學前教育, 幼兒教育, 早期教育, 學齡前  幼稚園, 幼兒園, 幼兒班, 兒童, 嬰幼兒  課程設計, 教材, 實習 …

Exercise Search for materials of Media Resources Collection with keywords “mathematics” & “preschool” How many records found?

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Useful Subject Headings Use the Subject Headings to search for similar items  Early childhood education  Early childhood education -- Activity programs  Early childhood education -- Curricula  Early childhood education – Juvenile Software  Child development Curriculum planning  Education, Preschool -- Curricula  Educational games  (Subject) -- Study and teaching (Preschool) e.g. Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Preschool)

Advanced Search Multiple searching & limiting criteria Combination of search terms Enable to do complex search with different search options

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Advanced Search Combination of searches Limiting criteria

Advanced Search Combining Searches  AND, OR, AND NOT Limiting Criteria  Collection  Location (Model Libraries, TCL…)  Material Type (Book, DVD/VCD, Interactive Media, Kit…)  Language (Chinese, English)  Year (after …. and before….)  Readership Level (Preschool, Primary, Juvenile …)

Advanced Search Example Search for Chinese media materials with keywords child & health published in or after 2000  Keywords = child, health  Language = Chinese  Collection = Media Resources Collection  Publication year = after 1999

Advanced Search Hints Use quotations for exact phrase  language teaching = teaching language  “language teaching”  language teaching Truncation  Use * for 1-5 characters child* = child, children, childhood  Use ** for open-ended truncation story** = story, storytelling, storysharing…  Use ? for any single character in specified position wom?n = woman, women Use shortcuts  t:(music) and s:(juvenile) and a:(chan)

Find materials on children education curricula using plays 1. Identify Keywords  Curricul* (curriculum, curricula)  Play* (play, plays, playing)  Game* (game, games)  Child* (child, children, childhood)  Kid* (kid, kids)  Preschool Advanced Search Example

2. Formulate search query  (game* or play*) AND curricul* AND (child* or kid* or preschool)

3. Modify the Search if needed e.g. Exclude materials on science and limit to Media Resources Collection  (game* OR play*) AND curricul* AND (child* OR kid* OR preschool) AND NOT science

Exercise Find library resources of music curriculum for children Modify the search to exclude songs and singing Modify the search for Media Resources only Further limit the search to DVD/VCD only

Hints 1. Identify Keywords  Curricul* (curriculum, curricula)  Music  Child* (child, children, childhood)  Kid* (kid, kids)  Preschool  Nursery  Song* (song, songs)  Sing* (sing, singing)

Hints 2. Combine search terms music AND curricul* AND (child* OR kid* OR preschool OR nursery) AND NOT (song* OR sing*) 3. Limit to Media Resources Collection 4. Limit to Material Type DVD/VCD

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