UWM Libraries Collection Policy Manual, rev. ed., 2003--Section II, Subject Collections, Education

SUBJECT COLLECTIONS

EDUCATION

Academic Program

B.S. in Community Education, Education, Educational Studies, and Exceptional Education. M.S. in Administrative Leadership and Supervision in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Psychology, Educational Rehabilitation Counseling, Exceptional Education, and Cultural Foundations of Education. Ph.D. in Urban Education, with specialization in Administrative Leadership and Supervision in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology, School Psychology, Exceptional Education, Art Education, and Multicultural Studies or Educational and Media Technology (in collaboration with the School of Information Studies).

Administrative Leadership: Economics of education; educational politics and policy making; school superintendency; school personnel supervision; program planning and evaluation; collective bargaining and contract administration; adult education, including its history and philosophy; and group dynamics.

Art Education: Historic foundations, modern practices, and current issues in general; specific focus on content areas, such as studio practices, art history, aesthetics, and art criticism; special areas, including museum education, assessment and evaluation, education of the gifted and talented, and electronic instructional media programming. Educational levels studied are from preschool to adult education and higher education.

Curriculum & Instruction: Instructional research and theory; curriculum design for urban schools; subject-specific teaching, from reading and children's literature to foreign languages, social sciences, mathematics, physics, and other sciences; educational levels such as early childhood; bilingual education, English as a second language, early childhood education, and middle and secondary education.

Educational and Media Technology: Production and utilization of instructional technology, electronic networking, and information services; microcomputers in library and information management; online information retrieval; and analysis and design of information systems.

Educational Psychology: In addition to the specialties of Counseling Psychology and School Psychology, Educational Psychology emphasizes learning and development, research and evaluation, and counselor education. Human behavior is studied in terms of its biological, cognitive, affective, social, and cultural aspects, as well as individual differences. Career counseling, multicultural counseling, rehabilitation counseling, professional ethics, dysfunctional behavior, psychopathology, and psychological measurement are also stressed.

Exceptional Education: The study of exceptional individuals, and services for them, with focus on policy, administration, curriculum development, learning, and development. Studies include American sign language, interpreting for the deaf, learning disabilities, mental retardation, emotional disturbances, mainstreaming, cooperative learning, and early childhood intervention.

Multicultural Studies: Qualitative research, action research, and field studies, with focus on urban schools are done in the context of a required interdisciplinary minor in Anthropology, History, and Sociology.

Collection Level

Research.

Collection Profile

The following LC classification range descriptions represent areas of concentration for education:

BF (Psychology): Cognition. Consciousness (Learning); Developmental psychology (Child psychology).

E (America. United States): Indians of North America (Education).

GV (Recreation. Leisure): Physical education (general). Selectively collected categories: Physical education for children; Children's games and amusements.

HQ (Family. Marriage. Women): The family. Marriage (Day care).

KF (United States): The following category is selectively collected: Education.

LA (History of Education): General; History of higher education; United States (General; Elementary or primary; Secondary; Higher education). Selectively collected categories: United States (By state); Canada; Europe; Asia; The Middle East.

LB (Theory and Practice of Education): General. Systems of education. Philosophy of education; Systems of individual educators and writers; Teaching principles and practice (Computers in education; Reading (general)); Educational psychology; Child study; Preschool education; Primary and elementary education; Secondary education; Education and training of teachers and administrators; School administration and organization (School management. Discipline; Classroom management. Violence in schools. School social work; Textbooks. Testing; Bias in textbooks); School hygiene. School life (Vision disorders; School life. Student manners and customs). Selectively collected categories: Industrial and vocational training; Higher education.

LC (Special Aspects of Education): Forms of education; Social aspects of education (Education. Demographics; Education and the state; Public school question. Secularization. Religious instruction in public schools; Compulsory education. Attendance; Literacy. Illiteracy; Computers and literacy; Functional literacy. Workplace literacy; Higher education and the state; Educational sociology; Discrimination in education; Foundations, endowments, funds); Types of education (Humanistic education. Liberal education; Computer-assisted instruction; Professional education; Multicultural education); Education of special classes of persons (Exceptional children (General; Gifted children; Handicapped children; General; Socially handicapped children; Mentally ill children; Mentally handicapped children; Problem children and youth)); Educational extension. Adult education. Continuing education (Distance education). Selectively collected categories: Moral and religious education; Types of education (Vocational education (general)); Education of special classes of persons (Education in developing countries. Ethnic groups).

LD (Individual Institutions): The following category is selectively collected: Secondary and elementary schools.

LT (Textbooks): Textbooks covering several subjects.

N (Visual Arts): Study and teaching.

PE (English Language): Modern English (English as a second language).

QA (Mathematics): Education. Study and teaching.

T (Technology (general)): The following category is selectively collected: Technical education.

Languages

English.

Related Subject Collections

Africology, Anthropology, Art, Art History, History, Information Studies, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies. Also, most other subjects are relevant in relation to teacher training in those areas.

Related Library Units

Curriculum Library, Multimedia Library, and Music Library.

SUBJECT COLLECTIONS EDUCATION
Academic Program
	B.S. in Community Education, Education, Educational Studies, and Exceptional Education. M.S. in Administrative Leadership and Supervision in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Psychology, Educational Rehabilitation Counseling, Exceptional Education, and Cultural Foundations of Education. Ph.D. in Urban Education, with specialization in Administrative Leadership and Supervision in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology, School Psychology, Exceptional Education, Art Education, and Multicultural Studies or Educational and Media Technology (in collaboration with the School of Information Studies). Administrative Leadership: Economics of education; educational politics and policy making; school superintendency; school personnel supervision; program planning and evaluation; collective bargaining and contract administration; adult education, including its history and philosophy; and group dynamics. Art Education: Historic foundations, modern practices, and current issues in general; specific focus on content areas, such as studio practices, art history, aesthetics, and art criticism; special areas, including museum education, assessment and evaluation, education of the gifted and talented, and electronic instructional media programming. Educational levels studied are from preschool to adult education and higher education. Curriculum & Instruction: Instructional research and theory; curriculum design for urban schools; subject-specific teaching, from reading and children's literature to foreign languages, social sciences, mathematics, physics, and other sciences; educational levels such as early childhood; bilingual education, English as a second language, early childhood education, and middle and secondary education. Educational and Media Technology: Production and utilization of instructional technology, electronic networking, and information services; microcomputers in library and information management; online information retrieval; and analysis and design of information systems. Educational Psychology: In addition to the specialties of Counseling Psychology and School Psychology, Educational Psychology emphasizes learning and development, research and evaluation, and counselor education. Human behavior is studied in terms of its biological, cognitive, affective, social, and cultural aspects, as well as individual differences. Career counseling, multicultural counseling, rehabilitation counseling, professional ethics, dysfunctional behavior, psychopathology, and psychological measurement are also stressed. Exceptional Education: The study of exceptional individuals, and services for them, with focus on policy, administration, curriculum development, learning, and development. Studies include American sign language, interpreting for the deaf, learning disabilities, mental retardation, emotional disturbances, mainstreaming, cooperative learning, and early childhood intervention. Multicultural Studies: Qualitative research, action research, and field studies, with focus on urban schools are done in the context of a required interdisciplinary minor in Anthropology, History, and Sociology.
Collection Level
	Research.
Collection Profile The following LC classification range descriptions represent areas of concentration for education: BF (Psychology): Cognition. Consciousness (Learning); Developmental psychology (Child psychology). E (America. United States): Indians of North America (Education). GV (Recreation. Leisure): Physical education (general). Selectively collected categories: Physical education for children; Children's games and amusements. HQ (Family. Marriage. Women): The family. Marriage (Day care). KF (United States): The following category is selectively collected: Education. LA (History of Education): General; History of higher education; United States (General; Elementary or primary; Secondary; Higher education). Selectively collected categories: United States (By state); Canada; Europe; Asia; The Middle East. LB (Theory and Practice of Education): General. Systems of education. Philosophy of education; Systems of individual educators and writers; Teaching principles and practice (Computers in education; Reading (general)); Educational psychology; Child study; Preschool education; Primary and elementary education; Secondary education; Education and training of teachers and administrators; School administration and organization (School management. Discipline; Classroom management. Violence in schools. School social work; Textbooks. Testing; Bias in textbooks); School hygiene. School life (Vision disorders; School life. Student manners and customs). Selectively collected categories: Industrial and vocational training; Higher education. LC (Special Aspects of Education): Forms of education; Social aspects of education (Education. Demographics; Education and the state; Public school question. Secularization. Religious instruction in public schools; Compulsory education. Attendance; Literacy. Illiteracy; Computers and literacy; Functional literacy. Workplace literacy; Higher education and the state; Educational sociology; Discrimination in education; Foundations, endowments, funds); Types of education (Humanistic education. Liberal education; Computer-assisted instruction; Professional education; Multicultural education); Education of special classes of persons (Exceptional children (General; Gifted children; Handicapped children; General; Socially handicapped children; Mentally ill children; Mentally handicapped children; Problem children and youth)); Educational extension. Adult education. Continuing education (Distance education). Selectively collected categories: Moral and religious education; Types of education (Vocational education (general)); Education of special classes of persons (Education in developing countries. Ethnic groups). LD (Individual Institutions): The following category is selectively collected: Secondary and elementary schools. LT (Textbooks): Textbooks covering several subjects. N (Visual Arts): Study and teaching. PE (English Language): Modern English (English as a second language). QA (Mathematics): Education. Study and teaching. T (Technology (general)): The following category is selectively collected: Technical education.
Languages
	English.
Related Subject Collections
	Africology, Anthropology, Art, Art History, History, Information Studies, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies. Also, most other subjects are relevant in relation to teacher training in those areas.
Related Library Units
	Curriculum Library, Multimedia Library, and Music Library.