Category: Teaching
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Creating inclusive literacy learning experiences
Rudyard Kipling famously said that, “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind”. Words can heal, hurt, excite, sadden – or just help with basic, everyday tasks and communications. So much human interaction is based on words; written, spoken, signed, or even tweeted! It is little wonder then that literacy learning is…
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Child-friendly testing for young learners
Verissimo Toste, an Oxford teacher trainer, looks at how you can make testing a child-friendly experience for your young learners, and useful for you. “Testing young learners? Really? Seriously? Why?” That’s usually my reaction when I hear teachers talking about testing young learners. “So, how do you decide what to teach them? How do you know how to teach…
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Using design to engage readers of different ages
Book design is more than just putting text and image together on a page. Many people don’t realise it, but HOW text and images are put together are just as important as the content of the text and image by itself. A reader engages with content that is presented through a combination of fonts, colour palettes,…
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2014 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching
The recipients of the 2014 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science were announced at a black-tie awards dinner on Wednesday 29 October in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra. Representing the nation’s finest awards for excellence in science and science teaching, the five prizes awarded in 2014 were: Prime Minister’s Prize for Science Frank…
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Taming the roly-poly boys
Julie Baillie, Primary Education and Professional Development Manager, reminisces about her first day of teaching and the lesson she learnt about the power of story time. I remember being a young, fresh-faced teacher (with L-plates still firmly attached) sitting nervously in front of my class of 26 brand new Reception students. It was the very first…