Brainstorm for the best keywords for your educational research topic or idea
Use keywords or use subject terms found in library catalogs and databases. It is very helpful, for education students, to search by:
- education level: early childhood, primary, secondary,special education, higher education, etc.
- educational issues: curriculum, assessment, pedagogy, management and administration
- time period: 20th century, colonial, etc.
- institution type: public, private, co-education, girls, boys etc.
- country/nation: Australian, United Arab Emirates, American, etc.
- career focus: teacher, school counselor, psychologist, school librarian, etc.
Use standard search techniques (remember Module 2?) to use keywords effectively in catalogs, databases and search engines:
- boolean logic:school AND discipline will search for items containing both words
- truncation: educat* will search for educate, educates, educational, education and educators
- phrase searching: "home schooling " or "school principal" will search for the words next to each other, as a phrase
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