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Bibliographer: Patty Lynn, 215-898-1230, lynn@pobox.upenn.eduI. Program Information
The Graduate School of Education (GSE) offers programs leading to the Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed.), the Master of Science (M.S.), the Master of Philosophy in Education (M.Phil.Ed.), the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). The School's programs are organized in four divisions.
Divisions:
- Foundations and Practices in Education Programs include Education, Culture, and Society, M.S.Ed., Ed.D., Educational Leadership (Supervisory State Certification), M.S.Ed., Ed.D., Learning Technologies in Education (LTE), M.S.Ed. Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum, M.S.Ed., Ed.D., Ph.D., and Teacher Education. Teacher Education includes the Undergraduate Program in Elementary Education, the Elementary Education Master's Program, and the Secondary Education Master's Program.
Language and Literacy in Education Division. Specialized programs include the Educational Linguistics Ph.D. program, the M.S.Ed. degree in Intercultural Communication M.S.Ed. , Language and Literacy M.S.Ed. , the Reading/Writing/Literacy (Reading Specialist Certification) M.S.Ed., Ed.D., Ph.D., and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), M.S.Ed. Topical focuses include sociolinguistics, children's literature, language and gender, content-based instruction, variations in language use, language diversity, and second language literacy.
Applied Psychology and Human Development. Programs include M.S.Ed. degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development (ISHD), M.S.Ed., Ph.D.; Professional and Counseling Psychology (Licensure), M.Phil.Ed., and Psychological Services (PA State School Counseling Certification), M.S.Ed
Policy, Management and Evaluation . Programs include Educational Policy, M.S.Ed., Ph.D., Higher Education Management, M.S.Ed., Ed.D., Ph.D., Policy, Research, Evaluation, and Measurement (PREM), M.S., M.Phil.Ed., Ph.D., and Statistics, Measurement, Assessment, and Research Technology M.S. (SMART)
Dual Degree Programs (M.S.Ed. and M.A./M.S., M.S.W., M.D., D.M.D., or J.D.) The Graduate School of Education operates in close connection with other Schools within the University including Arts and Sciences, Wharton, Nursing and Social Work. Dual Degree Programs may be arranged between Penn GSE and another school at the University. The most popular dual degree program is the Master of Arts (M.A.) or the Master of Science (M.S.) degree from the School of Arts and Sciences with a Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed.) degree from Penn GSE, leading to Certification to teach at the secondary school level. Arrangements for dual degrees also exist between Penn GSE and the School of Social Work, School of Dental Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Law School, and School of Medicine.
Master of Chemistry Education (M.C.E.) is a masters degree program offered through the Department of Chemistry, within the School of Arts and Sciences, in conjunction with the Graduate School of Education. The program is designed to provide teachers with the content and interdisciplinary background needed for unified curricular development. The program contains 10 specially designed courses that integrate science and pedagogy.
Executive and Continuing Education. GSE offers additional opportunities for Executive and Continuing Education. These include the Midcareer Doctorate in Educational Leadership, Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management, Executive Program in Work-Based Learning Leadership , Educational Leadership Program for Aspiring Principals (Principals Certification), M.S.Ed. , and Professional School Counseling master's degree program.
Sub-marticulates. Undergraduate students at the University of Pennsylvania may apply for an accelerated program of master's degree study by seeking admission to the Graduate School of Education as sub-matriculants. Students can take two courses that will apply toward both an undergraduate and a graduate degree.
Undergraduates - Penn undergraduates may major in Elementary Education through a joint program with the School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of Education, and may earn both a bachelor's degree and a Pennsylvania teacher certification for grades K-6.
Certification-only programs are offered to students who wish to attain state certification to practice or teach.
GSE provides a full list of Faculty and Academic Associates. As of Fall 2007, there were 499 full-time students, 330 part-time students, and 126 dissertation status students. There were 922 students in non-degree programs. Total enrollment at that time was 1968. There are numerous Research Centers and external projects affiliated with the Graduate School of Education.
II. Collection Description
The Van Pelt Library houses the majority of the University Library collections in education. Originally a separate education library, the former Penniman Library was integrated into Van Pelt collections. The largest portion of the education collection is located in the Library of Congress L Classification. Related and frequently used materials are in the following LC Classification ranges: BF (psychology), HQ (child study), P (verbal skills, language acquisition, second language learning). The collection also includes works on subject specific teaching in other areas, such as mathematics and the sciences. There is also a significant amount of material in the Dewey Classification System.
Educational theory and practice, the history of education, educational psychology, school administration/organization, and higher education have been the traditional focus of the collection. Paralleling current directions in GSE programs and research, new and continued collecting focuses include urban education, international education, multicultural issues in education, the teaching of math and science, literacy, and language learning.
Since education is a concern of government entities at all levels, government documents are important to educational researchers. The University of Pennsylvania is a partial depository for U.S. government publications (43 percent) and for nearly all English language publications from the United Nations and the European Community. A selection of Pennsylvania state documents is also retained. Van Pelt has a blanket order for all UNESCO English language books and pamphlets and for English and French periodicals. In 1996, the Library received the ERIC document microfiche collection from 1966 to 1995 as a gift from Research for Better Schools and started a current subscription to the set. The Library then began to subscribe to the ERIC document collection in fiche and continued to do so until distribution from EDRS ceased in 2004.
Finally, access to important electronic databases has been increased over recent years. Frequently used electronic databases are ERIC , the Professional Development Collection, and Education Index. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of education, numerous other databases are regularly consulted. These include , PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts, Anthropological Abstracts, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, Dissertation Abstracts International, and the ISI Citation Indexes.
III. Guidelines for Collection Development
- Chronological
Emphasis is on contemporary issues except in the subject areas of the history of education and of individual institutions, the philosophy of education, and education and the state.
- Formats
Books and journals account for most of the materials acquired. While, some government publications continue to arrive in print and CD-ROM form, more and more government publications are now only available via the Internet. As distribution via the Depostory system is irregular, the Library seeks to get documents from Ed Pubs. Dissertations from other institutions and working papers are collected primarily by request. While in the past, instructional and testing materials, such as textbooks, teaching aids (including audiovisual), test manuals etc., have not been considered unless specifically requested, effort should be made to insure a selection of relevant, current, and practical texts to support teacher education programs. How-to and self-help literature are not usually collected.
- Geographical
Traditionally, collecting emphasis has been on the United States, with some interest in Great Britain and Western European countries. Over recent years, the teaching and research interests of the Graduate School of Education have shifted toward a broader look at international education. Consequently, increased emphasis should be placed on collecting works that related to educational concerns in areas of the world not well addressed by the Library collections. Such areas include Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. The strengthened focus on international education is evident in several research initiatives of the Graduate School of Education: the Six Nation Education Research Program (SNERP), the Shanghai Public Education Initiative, and the International Literacy Institute (ILI).
- Language
Emphasis is on English language materials. Major Western European languages are collected only selectively. Vernacular language materials are purchased by area bibliographers for South and East Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Russia and Eastern Europe.
- Publication Dates
The majority of publications selected are current. Effort should be made to selected older titles if they are of significant importance in regard to new collecting focuses.
IV. Principal Sources of Supply and major Selection Tools
The interdisciplinary character of education results in materials being acquired from widely diverse sources. Approval plans and standing orders (which cover many publications from university and domestic presses), as well requests from faculty and students, account for most of the materials requested. Publisher notifications, organizational websites, and print and online reviews of the scholarly literature are also used to select materials.
V. Subjects Collected and Levels of Collecting
Subjects Collected Levels of Collecting Adult Education 3E/3E Child Study 4E/4E Comparative Education 3E/3E/4E Computer Assisted Instruction 3E/3E Education and the State 3E/4E Education in Developing Countries 3E/3E/4E Education of Ethnic/Racial/Linguistic Minorities 3E/4E Education of the Exceptional Gifted, Mentally Handicapped, Physically Handicapped, Socially and Emotionally Disturbed 3E/3E Education of Women - United States 3E/4E Education of Women - Outside of the United States 2F/3F Educational Psychology 4E/4E Educational Research 3E/4E Educational Sociology 3E/3E Elementary Education 3E/4E Higher Education: College and University Curriculum 4E/4E History of Education United States 4E/4E Great Britain 3E/3E India 4F/3E Other Countries 2F/2F Measurement & Testing 3E/4E Preschool Education, Kindergarten Education, and Curriculum 3E/4E School Administration and Organization 4E/4E Secondary Education 3E/4E Student Guidance and Counseling 3E/3E Teacher Education, Teaching as a Profession 4E/4E Teaching and Pedagogy 4E/4E Urban Education 4E/4E Non-RLG Conspectus Categories Anthropology of Education 2E/3E/4E Education -- General and Theoretical 4E/4E Educational Linguistics/TESOL 4E/4E Human Sexuality Education 4E/4E Intercultural Communication 4E/4E International Education 2E/3E/4F Multicultural Education 3E/4E Reading/Writing/Literacy 4E/4E
VI. Subjects Excluded
VII. Cooperative Arrangements and Related Collections
In addition to the holdings of the Van Pelt Library, several other campus libraries are used for educational research. These include the Annenberg School of Communications Library, with print journal collections in the areas of intercultural communication, literacy, and relevant aspect of public policy and media studies; the Lippincott Library, for selected financial and management issues; and, to a lesser degree, the Museum Library and the Biomedical Library. Social Science Computing (including the Social Sciences Data Center) is relied upon primarily for research needs involving numerical information in machine readable form.
The Graduate School of Education also has some reading rooms which are not part of the university Library system.
Outside of the University, the education collections of the Pedagogical Library (Philadelphia School District), Temple University Library, and the Free Library of Philadelphia are consulted.
