Month: September 2014
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Miguel de Cervantes was born on this day
Miguel de Cervantes was born 467 years (assumed) ago today in Alcalá de Henares, near Madrid. Most famous for his comic masterpiece, Don Quixote, Cervantes also wrote Exemplary Stories, short stories that, like Don Quixote, defy the conventions of heroic chivalric literature and range from the picturesque to the satirical. To celebrate his birthday, here are five…
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From Farm to Fork: Tomatoes
The saying goes ‘you are what you eat’, but just how much do you really know about the food you are eating? The term ‘Farm to Fork’ (or ‘Farm to Table’) refers to the stages involved in the production of food: cultivating, harvesting, storage, processing, packaging, sales and end consumption. It is also a ‘movement’…
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The importance of reading choices
Choice in reading materials builds engagement and assists students to have a voice in what they want to learn. To ensure choice, teachers need to have a well-organised classroom library of cognitively appropriate print and digital books including many different topics, genres and text types. Book choice must be at each student’s independent reading level…
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Oxford has a huge win at the 2014 Educational Publishing Awards Australia
The 21st Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAAs) were held at the State Library in Melbourne on Wednesday 17 September. Organised by the Australian Publishers Association, the EPAAs celebrate excellence in educational publishing and exemplify the work publishers devote to producing world-class educational resources. More than ever before, they also showcase innovative development and delivery of…
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Ask the Expert: Anne Bayetto
Anne lectures in Special Education at Flinders University, South Australia, and focuses on literacy and numeracy students with learning difficulties. Anne brings her knowledge of assessment, planning and the instruction of reading and written language to classroom practitioners. As the author of the Oxford Wordlist Stage 2 Research Study Summary Report, Read Record Respond and…
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Connecting with Law Short Film Competition 2014 Winners
The ‘Connecting with Law Short Film Competition’ is an annual event run by Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand. Now in its seventh year, the ‘Connecting with Law Short Film Competition’ runs from March to July and is open to all students currently enrolled in an Australian law school. Over the years, the competition…
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Think you know food?
What do you really know about foodstuffs? Take this quiz to find out! To get in the right mindset, think about pancakes, desserts, cheese and sandwiches (yum!). Hint: all answers can be found in the newly published The Oxford Companion to Food, Third Edition! [polldaddy type=”iframe” survey=”5F388BBD645253EC” height=”auto” domain=”oxfordaustralia” id=”oxford-food-quiz”]