Collection Guidelines - Subject/Discipline Collections - Education
Deakin University
The Dewey range: 370-379.
This collection covers education; school organization & management; special education; elementary education; secondary education; adult education; curriculum; education of women; schools & religion; higher education; government regulation, control, support of education.
The Library collects in the field of Education primarily to support the teaching and research needs of the Faculty of Education.
Resources in this area are also used to varying degrees by other Schools in the University, and by supporting Divisions in the University.
The Faculty of Education offers undergraduate courses in the following areas
Postgraduate courses include the Graduate Certificate of Education which has the following specialisms:
Other Graduate Certificates:
Masters degrees by coursework:
Master of Education, with specialisms in:
Master of Professional Education & Training, with specialisms in:
Postgraduate research degrees with specialist supervision are available in:
At the end of 2005 there were over 64,000 items in this collection, with amore than 2,300 being added each year. Online access is provided to a range of relevant journal titles at http://ux3as3nu6z.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=UX3AS3NU6Z&S=SC&C=SO
Major online databases such as ERIC, A+ Education, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, Professional Development Collection, Expanded Academic and Academic Search Premier provide access to a range of information on the topic.
Specialised collections of Australian Schools Textbooks are held at Geelong Waterfront and at Melbourne, in the Special Collection.
Extensive collections of curriculum materials are held in separate collections (Curriculum Resource Collections) within the Libraries at Geelong, Melbourne and Warrnambool.
Aspects of this collection are relevant at Melbourne, Geelong or Warrnambool (primary education only). The exception is higher education, which may be located at Geelong Waterfront, for use by the University Executive, or, if multiple copies exist, at all campuses.
Specific areas of interest are as follows:
Applied learning (G)
Children's literature (G, M, W)
Curriculum studies (G, M)
Educational leadership and administration (M)
Flexible, online and distance education (M)
Higher education (F)
Literacy (G, M, W)
LOTE (M)
Music in education (M)
Physical education (M, G, W)
Primary education (G, M, W)
Secondary teaching (M, G)
Special education (M)
TESOL (M)
Vocational education (G)
Revised: 28 August 2007
