Collection Spotlight: Resources supporting the Core Competencies in BC Education

Collection Spotlight: Resources supporting the Core Competencies in BC Education

The UBC Education Library Collection Spotlight features resources supporting the Core Competencies in BC Education, both professional and picture books. In October 2019, the Core Competencies were updated. What changed? A few of the updates included: Collaboration was added as a second sub-competency to the Communication Core Competency, the second Thinking sub-competency was changed to […]

Collection Spotlight: Science Literacy Week, September 18-24, 2023
New Books at Education Library: August 2023

New Books at Education Library: August 2023

BF789.C7 S64 2017 The secret lives of color / Kassia St. Clair. E841 .S54 2021 Fallout: spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown / Steve Sheinkin. LB1028.24 .M388 2023 Doing critical research in education: from theory to practice / Kathryn Bell McKenzie and Linda Skrla. LB1584 .T67 2023 Toward a stranger and more posthuman social studies / edited […]

Collection Spotlight: New French Picture Books

Collection Spotlight: New French Picture Books

Our new Collection Spotlight is up.  “French Picture Books” is a gathering of current French titles in the Children’s Literature genre.

New Books at Education Library: July 2023

New Books at Education Library: July 2023

BD450 .A94 2020 Discovering people / Neepin Auger. BF39 .G72 2017 Statistics for the behavioral sciences / Frederick J. Gravetter, The College at Brockport, State University of New York, Larry B. Wallnau, The College at Brockport, State University of New York. HM883 .M39 2021 If the world were 100 people: a visual guide to our global village / […]

New Books at Education Library: June 2023

New Books at Education Library: June 2023

D769.8.A6 P365 2022 Seen and unseen: what Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake and Ansel Adams’s photographs reveal about the Japanese American incarceration / Elizabeth Partridge, Lauren Tamaki. D774.I5 S73 2022 In harm’s way: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the story of its survivors: an adaptation for young readers / Doug Stanton and Michael J. Tougias. E185.61 […]

Collection Spotlight: Asian Heritage Month

Collection Spotlight: Asian Heritage Month

May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Celebrate with books by Asian Canadian authors and/or illustrators.

New Books at Education Library: May 2023

New Books at Education Library: May 2023

Below are the new arrivals for March 2023.  Clicking on the book cover will take you to the Google Books page while clicking on the title will take you to the item’s UBC Library catalogue page. F575.E55 G73 2021 Everybody! : you, me & us / Elise Gravel. BF637.T5 A45 2015 Getting things done: the art of […]

Collection Spotlight: April is National Poetry Month

Collection Spotlight: April is National Poetry Month

National Poetry Month is an annual celebration of poetry that takes place in April in the United States and Canada. It was first established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 to promote the enjoyment, reading, writing, and sharing of poetry throughout the country. UBC Education Library aims to play an important role in […]

Collection Spotlight: Welcome Spring

Collection Spotlight: Welcome Spring

Our “Welcome Spring” Collection Spotlight is up. Picture books featured in this display include topics such as seasons, seasonal changes, life cycle and the water cycle.  Please see our “Curriculum Connections” below, linking these books and the BC Curriculum.