Category: Academic
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This is my test blog
This is all of my text for the really cool blog post I am writing. Here is some more sweet text about Pandas. Did you know pandas are awesome as hell? Panda’s are awesome as hell. This is a quote. This is a pull quote by Bryn
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How to prepare pre-service teachers to be complex problem solvers
Problem-solving is central to the daily work of teachers. In education, people work to improve the lives of students, often very young children, who are on steep learning curves, academically, socially, emotionally, physically and morally. Often, a quick chat with a student can solve a problem, but sometimes further steps need to be taken when…
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Learning to Teach – How the third edition came about
Written by Gloria Latham, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney When we wrote the 3rd edition of Learning to Teach the world had changed dramatically from the world we left in 2011, the date of our last edition. In 2011, all the authors lived in the same city and worked at the same university. Our…
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How to teach integrated law and ethics and regulation to health care students
Written by Catherine Berglund Can your students enjoy learning about ethics? What about law? And regulation? What about all at the same time? Can integrated issues be explained in a way that is meaningful for the health care careers they have chosen? Is there a way to brief your teaching team so they feel confident…
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Word of the Month—February: green nomad
green nomad noun: a person whose travels within Australia are motivated by a concern for the environment. In the Bournda Environmental Education Centre’s 42nd World Environment Day Dinner, held in Tathra, New South Wales, a suggestion was made to the key speaker: … a re-branding of grey nomads to ‘green nomads’, [thereby] encouraging older travellers…
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Word of the Month —December: gold coin donation
gold coin donation noun: a one- or two-dollar coin given as an entry fee or donation when attending a charitable, community, or not-for-profit event. In the mid-1980s, a short newspaper advertisement appeared on a page promoting various forthcoming events: ‘Performism. Special Experimental Music Event. Plus Film Performance… Gold Coin Donation.’ (Canberra Times, 15 September 1984)…
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Q & A: Maths teacher Christine Utber
Christine Utber reflects on the difference a maths teacher made to her career, dispels the myth of the ‘maths person’, and discusses why she hates when students say “I don’t get it!” Where do you work and what is your role? I am a mathematics teacher at an all girls independent school on the Mornington…
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Oxford resources shortlisted in Educational Publishing Australia Awards
Oxford resources have been resources shortlisted in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary categories of the Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA). Organised by the Australian Publishers Association and sponsored by the Copyright Agency, the prestigious EPAAs recognise excellence and innovation within the educational publishing industry. We congratulate all who were involved in publishing the shortlisted resources across the…