This section of the Main Library provides print resources on pedagogical and other educational topics, including international education. If you need specific titles, please consult the library catalogue here.
If you're following a Master's degree or other course, and have a reading list, please ask the Teacher Librarian if you wish to discuss ways of obtaining texts.
Several organizations have useful information about international schools, curricula and themes of interest to international schools. Some popular sites are listed below:
European Council of International Schools (ECIS) - Smartbrief. Subscribe to a weekly digest of international education news (details at the bottom of their webpage)
ECIS subject groups. Join a listserv for a particular subject. List of subject groups.
IB - Online Curriculum Centre (OCC). Passwords available from the IBDP Coordinator. Access the OCC HERE.
Visible Learning and Visible Thinking
The Marshall Memo is a weekly listing of items of interest from the professional educational press.
ACER (Australian Council of Educational Research)
Harvard Graduate School of Education Center for Student Work (exemplars of postgraduate and professional writing and tools) and Harvard Usable Knowledge webinar series.
ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
Futurelearn consortium of MOOCS on educational topics
For S$48 per annum, you can take out a personal, individual subscription to the NLB services. These include an impressive array of databases, not least ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) and electronic books. You can visit your local NLB branch to join. Details at:
There is a Parent Collection in the Library. This focuses on parenting skills, but there may be a crossover in terms of teacher interests. Some books about specific issues are aimed at both parents and teachers.
This Pinterest board pins new books added to the Parent Collection.
A group of teachers on campus focus on the benefits of mindfulness. This is a Lib Guide, created by the Library Service, to support anyone interested in mindfulness approaches.
This guide was created and maintained by Dr. Anthony Tilke, 2013-2015.