Education

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is the knowledge base for teaching. Resources in ERIC come from many sources and most are peer-reviewed. The materials come from: 

• Scholarly organizations
• Professional organizations
• Commercial publishers
• Research centers
• Policy organizations
• State and Federal agencies
• University presses
• Individual researchers

You can find articles on:

• Foundations of education
• Teacher competencies
• Teacher education
• Teacher knowledge
• Teaching qualifications
• Teaching experience
• Teaching as occupation
• Teaching skills

The types of materials included are: 

• Journal articles
• Books
• Research syntheses
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Thesis and dissertations
• Technical reports
• Policy papers
• other education-related materials

What are ERIC digests? And how are they accessed?

“ERIC Digests are: 

• short reports (1,000 - 1,500 words) on topics of prime current interest in education. There are a large variety of topics covered including teaching, learning, libraries, charter schools, special education, higher education, home schooling, and many more.
• targeted specifically for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and other practitioners, but generally useful to the broad educational community. 
• designed to provide an overview of information on a given topic, plus references to items providing more detailed information. 
• produced by the former 16 subject-specialized ERIC Clearinghouses, and reviewed by experts and content specialists in the field. 
• funded by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). 
• Access this searchable site at http://www.ericdigests.org/