Curriculum and Instruction

• Databases

• Internet Resources

• Subjects

• Selected Journals

• Research Tips

Your Curriculum and Instruction course focuses on the practice of teaching. Along with the resources listed below, the library has acquired curriculum samples that are located on the right shelving units near the Technical Services Office at the rear of the library.

In the PHC Library catalog, you can search a variety of resources by title, author, keyword, or phrase, linking you to journal articles, ebooks, and print books in the on-campus collection. The more specific your search terms, the more specific the results will be.  For our Distance Learning (DL) students, excerpts from print items held in the on campus library can be provided on request.

If you are accessing electronic resources from off-campus and are required to log in, use your student portal user name and password to gain access. If you have difficulty with the website or accessing any resources, please let library staff know by email at askalibrarian@phc.edu or  library@phc.edu. 

Professional library assistance is available on campus, by phone at 540-441-8400, or by email at askalibrarian@phc.edu.

Internet Resources

• Children's Library provides access to a wide range of full-text children's books including recent award winning books and featured authors, You can also search by a variety of methods including cover art and/or artist.
• Global School promotes the sharing of ideas, resources, and best practices among teachers.
• International Reading Association's Reading List accesses a variety of web resources that promote and teach literacy, including recommended book lists for all ages and the most recent research in education.
• Lexile provides a process to identify reading levels of students and text.
• Center on Reinventing Public Education provides the most current trends in educational philosophy with links to additional worthwhile resources.
• 6+1 Writing Trait is an analytical model for assessing and teaching writing that is made up of 6+1 key qualities that define strong writing.
• National Academy of Education provides access to quality education research and promotes its use in policy formation and practice.
• National Center for Education Statistics is the National Center for Education Statistics providing valuable research results.
• CiRCE Institute is a leading provider of inspiration, information, and insight to classical educators. It also links to other helpful classical education resources.

Selected Journals

You can search journal articles by title, keyword, or author, or browse the following journals through the library's Periodical Listing.

• Childhood Education (Online 02/01/1988-Present)
• Education Digest (Online 01/01/1988-Present)
• Harvard Educational Review (Online 02/01/1988-Present)
• Homeschooling Today (Print 2001-Present)
• Journal of Classroom Interaction (Online 07/01/2004-Present)
• Journal of Experiential Education (Online 05/01/1998-Present)
• Journal of Research in Childhood Education (Online 04/01/1997-Present)
• Language Arts (Online 01/01/1989-Present)
• Old Schoolhouse (Print 2003-Present)
• Review of Educational Research (Online 04/01/1988-Present)
• Educause is an online, peer-reviewed, practitioner's journal about managing and using information resources in higher education.
• International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (IJSTL) is a scholarly (peer reviewed) electronic journal that is published twice-a-year by the Center for Excellence in Teaching at Georgia Southern University.
• Classical teacher (Memoria Press)
• Journal of the Society for Classical Learning
• Classics (Quarterly journal of the ACCS)
• Classical Lutheran Education Journal