Elementary+Education

= Career in Elementary Education =

Topic: Elementary Education
**Sample Essential Question (establish a focus for your research)**

How can I train to be the best teacher that I can be and make sure my students succeed?

**List Supporting Questions (provide background and guide your research):**
 * 1 Where is the best school to train me for teaching? ||
 * 2 How are teachers trained to teach young children? ||
 * 3 In what ways do they train you to become a teacher? ||
 * 4 Predict what it would be like to become a teacher ||
 * 5 How might a teacher learn to be a good teacher? ||

==** 2. Information seeking strategies: Use these Keywords to search online databases for books, articles and websites. Use Boolean Operators ( AND, OR, NOT ) to combine these terms and refine your search: **==
 * Childhood ||  || Elementary || Schools ||
 * Children ||  || Elementary Education ||   ||

= 3. Location and Access =

**Look for Books under these Dewey Numbers:**

 * =  ||= **372**
 * Elementary Education** ||||  ||

**Reference Books** in the Library Collection that will support your topic:
Click on the Thomas Dale OPAC(Online Catalog) to locate additional books in our collection
 * = **call number** ||  |||| **Title** ||
 * 372 ||  |||| Elementary Education ||


 * Sample Subscription Database searches: **


 * [[file:EE_ABC.pdf]] ||  ||   ||
 * Now do your own search ||  ||   ||


 * K-6 Educators || Elementary Educaiton Majors || Elementary Education Requirements ||
 * click here || Click here || Click here ||

Now try your own search

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Step 4: Use of Information; take notes; record bibliographic information for each source.
See citation & notecard guides under Roadmap to Research on the main library page.

Use the <>,Citation Machine or Easy Bib for your works Cited list.

Step 6. Evaluate your work that you have successfully completed all steps.
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