This is a useful single-volume guide for all who aspire to improve their writing skills. Whether you want to write a novel, draft a report for the School Board, create a compelling CV, write a letter of protest to the Council that will be taken seriously, or enter the brave new world of e-mail, this book is for you and indeed for all the family. It is a practical desk companion for anyone requiring a guide to modern communication, from the composition of effective complaints to choosing the right emoticon to sign off your e-mail with.
This text for students and teachers of children's literature examines the connection between written and illustrative text, focusing on popular children's picture books. Provides an historical overview of the emergence of the modern picture book and discusses topics such as the picture book as a vehicle for multiple genres, the illustrative process, cultural messages and using picture books in the classroom. Includes references, a glossary, a bibliography and an index. The authors are associate professors in the Faculty of Education at the University of Southern Queensland.
As teachers engage with multimodal texts delivered via paper, live and more sophisticated technologies, they will find that their concepts about literacy, definitions about literacy, and their pedagogies about literacy are challenged. The authors have identified that an excellent place to start teaching about multimodal texts is with texts that are familiar and readily available to all ages: postmodern picture books. The picture book demonstrates how narrative is structured and how literary features such as theme, plot and character can be revealed using various devices. This book provides an explicit knowledge base about the semiotic systems to enable teachers to talk about and examine multimodal texts with their students.
Written to provide students with a broad introduction to knowledge about literacy learning and teaching. It presents a comprehensive range of current and classical theoretical perspectives in a balanced yet challenging way. Suitable for graduates wishing to update their knowledge.
Uncovering History Using Multimodal Literacies focuses on developing and applying concepts through historical inquiry, rather than simply covering the facts and events of history without drawing conclusions and applying them to present and future. Essentially, this resource focuses on learning history rather than doing history. This resource also explains how to use multimodal texts and primary sources such as maps, paintings, photographs, film, diaries and artifacts (many of which are available online), together with site visits to engage students in critical analysis, making comparisons, drawing conclusions and applying their understandings to other settings. Throughout the text the authors explore the Australian Curriculum: history through the use of texts conveyed by live, paper and digital technologies. They unpack the layers of meaning conveyed in these texts via language, visual images, gesture, audio and spatial organisation. Reflection and Application strategies help teachers explore these concepts and understandings further while Theory into Practice vignettes translate theory into suggested classroom practice. The authors also explore the links between the Australian Curriculum: English and the Australian Curriculum: history by examining the specific literacy practices that support historical inquiry.
Guide for teachers to the assessment and evaluation of student language skills. Provides information on how assessment should be structured and how goals and objectives should be set. Contains core examples and references.
The first of its kind, this manual presents educational approaches and processes which reflect feminist principles for teachers and leaders of courses and workshops in the psychology of women. Sample syllabi, outlines, references, lists of audio-visual material, organizations, discussion questions, and experiential exercises reflect the content areas typically covered in these courses: achievement, sexuality, health, adjustment, psychotherapy, communication, victimization, methodology, life-style choices, work, and development.
An examination of the cultural evolution of the Jamaican people after the explosive uprising at Morant Bay in 1865. For the first time, the specific methods used by British imperial legislators to inculcate order, control and identity in the local society are described and analysed. The authors compellingly and convincingly demontrate that Great Britain deliberately built a new society in Jamaica founded on principles of Victorian Christian morality and British Imperial ideology. This resulted in a sustained attack on everything that was perceived to be of African origin and the glorification of Christian piety, Victorian mores, and a Eurocentric idealized family life and social hierarchies. This well-written and meticulously researched book will be invaluable for students of the period and those interested in Jamaican history and/or imperial history
Taking Flight synthesizes research on best practices for running centers of teaching and learning, providing practical guidance and resources for educational developers who are looking to open new centers; revitalize an underperforming center; or sustain and enhance an effective center. The authors offer the necessary background, relevant examples, and practical exercises specifically designed to support the sustained vitality of educational development and its role in fostering organizational change. The book is practical in nature, with step sheets, diagrams, and similar materials designed to facilitate reflection and application. The book guides educational developers in enhancing and applying their knowledge, skills and abilities to establish a leadership role which, in turn, will enable them to play a pivotal role in translating visionary strategies into meaningful actions across their respective campuses. An effective, well-managed center for teaching and learning has the potential to benefit its institution’s faculty, staff, students, and community members. Through fostering a productive relationship with campus administration, centers can improve morale, contribute to shaping and achieving institutional learning mission and outcomes, enhance institutional reputation, and make a contribution to the practice of teaching and learning across the academy. The materials in Taking Flight were honed through a series of national workshops developed under the aegis of the POD Network – the professional organization for educational developers in the United States. This book answers a need for a resource for directors and staff of centers that has been identified by leaders in the field. It also provides valuable context for all leaders concerned about student learning and the improvement of teaching.
To con-man Carlo Delponte it looked a simple enough job to take jewels off millionaire's daughter Margot Ford. His plans were carefully worked out when he met a girl he had once swindled, and an old friend of his was released from jail. Murder soon followed and Superintendent Martin of the Yard was brought in.
A charred body amongst the wreckage of a school. An attempt to murder the Headmaster. For months the Fire Raiser has eluded the Yard. Now he has killed a man - or has he? This is only one of the questions to be answered by Superintendent Martin. There are more attacks, and more people die, before Martin at last tracks down the killer.
Contributions to female economic thought have come from prolific scholars, leading social reformers, economic journalists and government officials along with many other women who contributed only one or two works to the field. It is perhaps for this reason that a comprehensive bibliographic collection has failed to appear, until now. This innovative book brings together the most comprehensive collection to date of references to women’s economic writing from the 1770s to 1940. It includes thousands of contributions from more than 1,700 women from the UK, the US and many other countries. This bibliography is an important reference work for systematic inquiry into questions of gender and the history of economic thought. This volume is a valuable resource and will interest researchers on women's contributions to economic thought, the sociology of economics, and the lives of female social scientists and activist-authors. With a comprehensive editorial introduction, it fills a long-standing gap and will be greeted warmly by scholars of the history of economic thought and those involved in feminist economics.
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