Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Literacy

Successful engagement in an early literacy intervention.
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, Vol 8, No 2, Aug 2008, pp123-150.

Accelerating preschoolers’ early literacy development through classroom based Teacher-child storybook reading and explicit print referencing. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in School, Vol 40, No 1, Oct 2008, Pp 67-85.

Copyright



Copyright in the classroom: Teaching with Audio-visual resources. Screen Education, Iss 52, Summer 2008. p 24-28.

Copyright for school websites at Smartcopying

Copyright information for Wikis and Blogs at Smartcopying: Using wikis and Blogs

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Numeracy

The following hard copy journal articles are available from the TLRU.

The quality teaching of primary school mathematics – part A, Square one, Vol 18, No 3, Sept 2008, pp 13-16.

“But what about the oneths?” A Year 7 student’s misconception about decimal place value. The Australian Mathematics Teacher, Vol 64 No 4, 2008, P12-14

Refugees

The following hardcopy journal articles are available from the TLRU.

Refugee students no longer strangers in the system, The New South Wales Education Magazine, Term 3, 2008, pp 8-9.

Planning the learning environment for refugee background students, Pen 162, pp1-8.

Assessment

The following hard copy journal articles are available from the TLRU.

When assessment is about learning, Literacy learning: the middle years. Vol 16, No 3, Oct 2008, pp 27-37.

Assessment interwoven with Teaching and Learning, Literacy learning: the middle years. Vol 16, No 3, Oct 2008, pp (insert i-viii).

Assessing student thinking about arithmetic: videotaped interviews. Teaching children mathematics, Vol 15, No 2, Sep 2008, pp106-111.

Collaborating in assessment: the teachers librarians role, Scan, Vol 27, No 4, Nov 2008, pp46- 48

Reggio Emilia resources

The following resources are available for borrowing at the TLRU

Bringing learning to life : the Reggio approach to early childhood education

Cadwell, Louise Boyd. 2003
372.21 CAD

Reflections : Reggio Emilia principles within Australian contexts
Millikan, Jan. 2003
372.21 MIL

Making learning visible : children as individual and group learners
Project Zero. 2001
372.210945 MAK

Il futuro e una bella giornata = The future is a lovely day,
Davoli, Mara. 2001
303.49 ILF

Reggio tutta : a guide to the city by the children
Davoli, Mara. 2000
372.21 REG

Children, spaces, relations : metaproject for an environment for young children
Ceppi, Giulio. 1998
372.21 CHI

Bringing Reggio Emilia home : an innovative approach to early childhood education Cadwell, Louise Boyd. 1997
372.2101 CAD

First steps toward teaching the Reggio way
Hendrick, Joanne,
372.21 FIR

Constructivism : theory, perspectives, and practice
Fosnot, Catherine Twomey. 1996
370.152 CON

An Amusement park for birds [videorecording]
1994
AV 371.36 AMU

Open window [electronic resource]
Malaguzzi, Loris. 1994
CO 362.71 OPE

Challenge (Kew, Vic.)
University of Melbourne. Early Childhood Development Unit.
Periodicals

Reflections on the Reggio Emilia approach : a collection of papers
Lilian G. Katz ... [et al.] 1994
372.21 REF