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This guide highlights some of the resources that will be helpful for education majors and new teachers.
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What is the ERC?

The ERC (Education Resource Center), located on the upper floor of the Levin Library, is an important component of the Curry College Education Program.

The Center provides resources and services to education students to facilitate, support, and enhance their teaching practice.

The collection is available to alumni, college faculty and staff, and education students.

 

The ERC is the place where great lessons begin!

 

The ERC Provides Assistance in Many Ways

The ERC is a place where you can . . .

  • Brainstorm with staff
  • Develop or enhance a lesson
  • Research a topic
  • Preview materials
  • Develop an instructional unit
  • Explore teaching strategies
  • Create visual displays and presentations
 

What's New?

  • 100 Experiential Learning Activities for Social Studies, Literature, and the Arts, Grades 5-12
    ISBN/ISSN: 1412940001
    One hundred experiential learning activities for social studies, literature, and the arts, grades 5-12
  • A Balanced Diet
    ISBN/ISSN: 1432918168
    What is a healthy diet? -- What nutrients do foods give you? -- Why should you drink water? -- Are fat and sugar bad for you? -- How does the body use food? -- How much should you eat? -- Recipes for a balanced diet.
    Summary Teaches children how to maintain a healthy diet. Includes recipes

  • What To To With the Kid Who-- : Developing Cooperation, Self-Discipline, and Responsibility in the Classroom
    ISBN/ISSN: 1412937019
    Meeting the educational challenges of the Twenty-first century -- Reviewing current teaching and learning theories -- Setting a positive classroom climate for learning -- Teaching students how to use appropriate social skills -- Helping students who won't accept responsibility -- Helping students who lack effective interpersonal skills -- Addressing students who cause class disruptions -- Working with students who have special needs.
 

Searching the Library Catalog for ERC Materials

 

Did you know that you can limit your search for materials to the ERC?

Once you start your search in the library catalog, choose the Modify Search option. Under the location menu, you can choose from the list of individual categories below.

ERC Methods Books - teacher idea books & curriculum guides for lesson planning

ERC Audiocassettes - book & tape combo

ERC Juv. Biographies - books about people

ERC Juv. Fiction - middle grade (3-6) stories

ERC Kits - manipulatives, games, mixed media

ERC Juv. Nonfiction - factual books

ERC Picture - storybooks, board books

ERC Readers - beginning readers

ERC Periodicals - children's magazines & teacher magazines

ERC Reference - encyclopedias, atlases, etc.

ERC Textbooks - student & teacher editions in many subject areas

ERC Videocassettes - educational videos

 

Click here to start searching the library catalog

 
 

Resources & Services

  • children's literature
  • big books
  • K-8 textbooks
  • children's periodicals
  • professional periodicals
  • kits
  • instructional manipulatives
  • videotapes & DVDs
  • audiotapes & CDs
  • curriculum guides
  • MTEL prep books
  • art/project supplies
  • small laminator
  • three networked computers
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    Hours

    Sunday    

       1:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

    Monday - Thursday   

       8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

    Friday       

       8:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m.

    Saturday    

       10:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

     
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