Collecting for the Curriculum
The Common Core and Beyond
by Amy J. Catalano
1st Edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781610699679 |
| eText ISBN | 9781610699686 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publishing Year | 2015 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 256 |
Collecting for the Curriculum: The Common Core and Beyond, 1st Edition, offers collection development guidance for curriculum librarians at the post-secondary level. Amy J. Catalano presents methods for acquiring and managing instructional resources across higher education collections.
The volume opens with an introduction to the Common Core State Standards and discusses how library professionals can support them. Content-area chapters examine resource formats such as textbooks, primary sources, nonfiction, games, and children's literature, connecting selection decisions to instructional research.
Additional chapters address administrative priorities, including test collections, instructional services, and resources for special needs learners. Serving as an accessible toolkit, the text includes resource lists and research context to guide practical collection management.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: About Curriculum Collections: Their Composition, Arrangement, and Management
Chapter 2: A Primer on the Common Core for Curriculum Managers
Chapter 3: Games, Toys, and other Play Things
Chapter 4: Textbooks and Curriculum Sets
Chapter 5: Children's and Young Adult Literature
Chapter 6: Nonfiction and Primary Sources
Chapter 7: Subject Specific Materials
Chapter 8: School Counseling Materials
Chapter 9: Students with Special Needs
Chapter 10: Educational Tests
Chapter 11: Instruction in Curriculum Collections
Chapter 12: The Future of Curriculum Collections
Chapter Appendix A: Procedures for Cataloging Curriculum Materials
Chapter Appendix B: Scavenger Hunt for the Curriculum Materials Center
Chapter Appendix C: Fiction Nonfiction Pairs
Chapter Appendix D: Games Listed by Curricular Area
Chapter Appendix E: Teaching Science with Picture Books
Chapter Appendix F: Teaching Math with Picture Books
Chapter Appendix G: Teaching about Disabilities through Children's and Young Adult Literature
Chapter Appendix H: Books about War and Peace
Chapter Appendix I: Recent Historical Fiction for the Secondary Grades
Chapter Appendix J: Picture Books for Older Readers
Chapter Appendix K: Graphic Novels
Chapter Appendix L: Wordless or Nearly Wordless Books
Chapter Appendix M: Picture Books and Young Adult Books on Sensitive Topics
Chapter Appendix N: Children's Books about Food and Nutrition, Movement and Sports
Chapter Appendix O: Teaching Art through Children's Literature
Chapter Appendix P: Select Professional Counseling Books
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