The purpose of this listing is to provide teachers with suggested starting points for building a wide range of suitable instructional materials. The items listed are intended to promote the philosophy of resource-based learning, in which the students gain knowledge and understandings through a variety of resources and instructional approaches. This multi-resource approach provides students with opportunities to interact with a wide range of current materials to suit varied learning styles. It is important that human resources be accessed as well.
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Selection should be based on the objectives and philosophy of the course, students interests and abilities, students prior knowledge and experience, and the interests or needs of the community. Each school division is responsible for developing its own materials selection policy in order to address the particular needs of students and teachers in that division. Materials should be chosen in accordance with the school division s materials selection policy. Several publications available from LRDC provide further assistance in the selection process. This list should be cross-referenced with the school resource centre catalogue in order to identify suitable resources already present in the school library collection.