CORPORATION NEWS
1. Professional reference library
2. New products
3. New school library resources
4. Online resources made relevant
1. Professional reference library
Leadership for Learning:
How to help teachers succeed
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$36.00
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Distinguished educator and author Carl D Glickman provides instructional leaders–curriculum coordinators, principals and teachers–with guidance and thoughtful insight to help them succeed as they work with teachers to improve classroom teaching and learning. In a straightforward and easy-to-read manner Glickman discusses:
- Structures of classroom assistance: clinical supervision, peer coaching, critical friends and action research groups;
- Formats for observations: frameworks for teaching, open-ended questionnaires, samples of student work and student achievement on high-stakes tests;
- Approaches to working directly with teachers: directive, collaborative and non-directive.
Scenarios that describe interactions with teachers of diverse backgrounds and skill levels bring the various approaches to life. The author also provides useful information on summative and formative evaluation of teachers. Forms and examples that readers can duplicate or adapt to their own situation are included.
Leadership for Learning goes beyond the basics of supervision to place the work of instructional leadership within the context of whole-school improvement. Drawing on his years of experience working with schools in varied settings, Glickman offers both advice and inspiration to instructional leaders who strive toward the ultimate goal of providing the best possible classroom experiences for every student.
Leadership for Learning is another title licensed by Curriculum Corporation from the ASCD (Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development) in the USA. Australian educators are responding with interest to this new range of readings.
Titles previously profiled are Multiple Intelligences and So Each May Learn.
top2. New products
New additions to the list of works from publishers around Australia distributed by Curriculum Corporation include four excellent new resources from the Mathematics Association of Victoria; the latest title from the School Library Association of Victoria; and a new picture story book by Libby Hathorn introducing young readers to cultural aspects of Vietnam–a welcome addition to her previous books, The River and A Face in the Water, which deal with China and India respectively.
The Computer Enriched Mathematics series
Computer Enriched Mathematics for P-4
Primary teacher resource
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$62.50 Book and CD-ROM
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Computer Enriched Mathematics for years 5 and 6
Primary teacher resource
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$36.00 Book and floppy disk
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Computer Enriched Mathematics for years 7 and 8
Parts 1 & 2, 2nd edition
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$55.00 Two books plus disk (not sold separately)
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The Computer Enriched Mathematics series is designed for teachers who are implementing ICTs into their class–room plan. The four books–years P–4, years 5 and 6 and years 7 and 8-include activities and ideas that are based on a broad range of computer software likely to be found in most schools, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, KidPix and Micro Worlds.
The varied activities may be used for teaching lessons, reinforcement or extension techniques. Computer Enriched Mathematics for P–4 includes a CD-ROM, while Computer Enriched Mathematics for years 5 and 6 and Computer Enriched Mathematics for years 7 and 8 include disks. These can be used as professional development tools and can be networked onto the school server for teacher and student use at no extra cost.
Learning to Play—Playing to Learn
Mathematics Games that Really Teach Mathematics
Primary and secondary teacher resource
1 876949 08 2
$38.00
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Full of problem-solving, problem-posing and real mathematics, Learning to Play–Playing to Learn draws on more than thirty years of experience with mathematics games and demonstrates the positive contributions that games can make to classroom learning. What starts as fun, quickly becomes challenging and intriguing, and readily grows into extended investigative projects.
top3. New school library resources
We Solve It!
Approaches to information literacy
Edited by Marianne Punshon
Library resource
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$75.00
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Developing information literacy skills in students is a task for all teachers and teacher librarians.
We Solve It! is essential professional reading. It combines thought-provoking theoretical discussion with tried and tested practical classroom ideas. Written by practising teacher librarians, We Solve It! is separated into two sections. Part One outlines theories, methods and comments from teacher librarians and Part Two offers an array of practical applications, largely directed at the primary classroom, but readily adaptable to suit the secondary school environment.
top4. Online resources made relevant
The Wishing Cupboard
Libby Hathorn, Illustrated by Elizabeth Stanley
Primary student text
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$24.95
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The combination of charming story, beautiful illustrations and online student activities make this new Libby Hathorn title a multi-dimensional experience for students.
When Tran's mother goes far away over the seas to Vietnam to bring home his little cousin Lan, Tran's grandmother shows him something very special: A wishing cupboard-full of musty, musky, miracle smells with memories of things and places. Tran's grandmother shares her wondrous experiences and secret wishes from her past.
The picture storybook of The Wishing Cupboard is available from Curriculum Corporation. The online version at www.libbyhathorn.com/lh/Wishing/start.htm transports students and teachers into the story, and includes an interactive puzzle game, wonderful folk tales from Vietnam and snippets about Vietnamese culture. Additional links to stories about elements of The Wishing Cupboard enhance this rich resource and reinforce students' contextual understandings of Vietnamese culture.
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