Transcript Media Resources for “Early Experience in English”

Library Resources for
Introduction to Curriculum Development
Higher Diploma (ECE)
What you will learn today
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Search library resources for curriculum materials of
early childhood education
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Know about different Library Collections
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Using Library catalogue
 Quick
Search
 Advanced Search
Curriculum Materials of
Early Childhood Education
Resources available in different formats:
 Books
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Journals
Curriculum Materials of
Early Childhood Education
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Media Resources
 Local TV Programme
 DVD/VCD/CD
 CD-ROM
Software
 Charts
 Teaching
Kits
(EdVideo)
Library Materials are grouped in different
collections:
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Central Teaching Resources Collection
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Town Centre Library Collection
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Serials Collection
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Media Resources Collection
HKIEd Library Website
http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk
• Quick Search of the Library Catalogue
•Limit your search to specific fields
e.g. Author, Title, Keywords
•Limit your search for specific collection
e.g. Media Resources Collection
Example:
Search for Media Resources Collection materials
with keywords preschool and music
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Key information of library catalogue record:
•Location, Call No., Status
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
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Search for materials of Media Resources Collection
with keywords “mathematics” & “preschool”
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How many records found?
Use the Subject to search similar items
Useful Subject Headings
Use the Subject Headings to search for similar items
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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
Advanced Search
• Select Library Catalogue at the drop-down menu
• Advanced Tag
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Advanced Search
Combination of searches
Limiting criteria
Advanced Search
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Combining Searches
 AND, OR, AND NOT
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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
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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
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Use quotations for exact phrase
 language
teaching = teaching language
 “language teaching”  language teaching
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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
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Use shortcuts
 t:(music)
and s:(juvenile) and a:(chan)
Advanced Search Example
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Find materials on children education curricula using
plays
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Identify Keywords
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Curricul* (curriculum, curricula)
 Play* (play, plays, playing)
 Game* (game, games)
 Child* (child, children, childhood)
 Kid* (kid, kids)
 Preschool
2.
Formulate search query
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(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
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(game* OR play*) AND curricul* AND (child* OR kid* OR preschool)
AND NOT science
Exercise
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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
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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
Get it!
Teaching Kits Collection
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