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The Reading Scheme collection consists of sample materials, from structured reading schemes dating from the mid-1990s to the present. This is a reference only collection.
Material is arranged on the shelves in alphabetical order of the scheme title. Where possible guides or other support material is included.
When searching UCL Explore, you can limit the search to reading schemes by searching for the term "reading scheme" in the shelfmark field, and using the filters on the left to limit to IOE or Curriculum Resources.
Included in the the Curriculum Resources collection is a selection of Graded Readers.
These are generally aimed at secondary students and adults, and include series written for English learners as well as secondary students with reading difficulties and adult literacy students.
When searching UCL Explore, you can limit the search to this collection by searching for the term "graded readers" in the shelfmark field, and using the filters on the left to limit to IOE or Curriculum Resources.
Any titles from this collection can be borrowed. You can see a list of the series in the Graded Readers collection below:
From 1993 to 2005, the Basic Skills Agency (BSA) funded a collection of basic skills materials housed and managed at the Institute of Education Library. When Agency funding ceased, the BSA passed the collection to the Institute to sit alongside other library teaching resources. The collection is for reference use only and is held in Store and so, to access these items, they should be requested as per the guidelines on the UCL Store Services page
Although the Basic Skills collection is no longer added to, it remains a valuable source of ideas for teaching adults and young adults. Materials can be found in a variety of formats: books, videos, audio-tapes, CDs, games and graphics. While literacy and numeracy teaching resources are the foundation of the collection, other areas include: ESOL resources, family learning, and support for students with learning difficulties.
The Library also holds the Basic Skills Agency Archive of BSA publications dating back to the 1970s. These items are listed on UCL Explore and can be ordered in advance via Explore.
When searching the library catalogue you can limit the search to materials in the Basic Skills collection by using "BSA" as a search term. This will bring up holdings on shelves and in the BSA Archives.
The Education in Literature Collection includes novels, plays, poetry and DVDs on the theme of Education. Resources may be set wholly or partially in schools, colleges or universities. The experiences of both students and staff in primary, secondary, higher and further education are explored.
The Collection includes works by authors from, amongst others, the UK (United Kingdom), the USA, France, Germany, Hungary, Spain, Japan, India, Australia, South Africa, Kenya, and Zambia. DVDs are in English or in foreign languages with English Language subtitles.
A range of genres including thriller, horror, comedy, crime, biography, LGBTQ, and classics are represented, with resources from the 18th to the 21st centuries.
The Education in Literature Collection is shelved on the 4th Floor of the Institute of Education Library. The material is arranged on the shelves alphabetically by the first three letters of the author/creator’s surname.
The collection may be browsed using Explore. Enter LIT. COLL. in the search box. To refine the search, go to ‘Collection’ and select ‘IOE Library-Literature Collection-Level 4’. You can also refine further by looking in ‘Type’.
Electrifying in its intensity, with a plot that accelerates with every page, The Snow Garden is an unforgettable read--a psychological thriller and a modern horror story that probes the terrible weight of the past on the present and the corrosive power of secrets.
The setting is Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 40s and 50s, fraught with political hatred, family secrets and lethal intrigue. As a young boy tries to make sense of life, poverty and violence shift and obscure the facts; meanwhile his night-time reading of Irish legends weaves enchantment through reality.
Sharp, intimate and provocative, Come and Get It takes a lens to our money-obsessed society in a tension-filled story about desire, consumption and bad behaviour.
Unflinching, irreverent and ultimately hopeful, Middle Class is a searing insight into the complex theatre of a London comprehensive and a stunning examination of education and social mobility in modern Britain .
An incisive, deeply resonant debut novel about a nonconsensual sexual encounter that propels one woman's final semester at an elite New England college into controversy and chaos--and into an ill-advised affair with a married professor.
.'The thing about books,' she said 'is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.' On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found...
The vibrant energy of 1990s London. A year of passion and discovery. The anxiety and intensity of new love. An eighteen-year-old Irish girl arrives in London to study drama and falls violently in love with an older actor
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ReadingLists @UCL is an online service that gives students easy access to materials on their reading lists wherever they are, and allows academic staff to create and update their own reading lists.
