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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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Strategies you can count on to reconnect your students with maths
Maths can be a polarising subject – students either love it or hate it. But this line has become somewhat blurred in 2020 with the necessity of remote learning and a whole new approach to how we teach and engage students.
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Word of the Month—March: sausage sizzle
sausage sizzle – noun: 1. a fund-raising or social event for a club, school, etc. at which barbecued sausages are sold or provided. 2. a barbecued sausage in a slice of bread sold or provided at such an event. The sausage sizzle has long been a feature of community events and fundraising in Australia. The…
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Dictionaries remain a critical resource in separating fact from fiction
In 2007, the Wall Street Journal proclaimed that the day of the dictionary was over, claiming Google was our new ‘database of meaning’. Over a decade later, it seems that reports of the dictionary’s death were greatly exaggerated. In fact, the need for a reliable, authoritative source of truth and accuracy has never been more…
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Celebrating Australian Reading Hour with a short history of forbidden reading
An extract from Reading: A Very Short Introduction by Belinda Jack Censorship, book burnings, and secret reading highlight the relationship between reading and power, and hence the relationship between limiting access to reading and political control. But from the very beginning there have been dissidents who refused to give up the intellectual freedom provided by…
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How I write school readers that help children fall in love with books: Cameron Macintosh
Cameron is the author of Reading for Comprehension texts: Look at Us, Oscar and Milly, A Day with Reb and Bub, A Toy for Reb and Bub, Oscar’s New Bed, In the Rainforest, Slow-bot and No-bot, Playtime for Lucy, A Job for Jump-bot, Birthday Messages, Kakadu, Basketball is the Best!, Ready, Set, Click!, Our Robot…