Catholic Australia - online resources

The Catholic Australia web site brings together resources relating to the Catholic Church in Australia. A Daily prayer section provides reflections and prayer. Other sections cover Scripture and Theology, the Church in Australia, Mission and Spirituality and resources for youth and young adults.

Digital environment - newly arrived titles

What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee (Author)
794.8019 GEE

Multimedia Projects in the Classroom: A Guide to Development and Evaluation by Timothy D. Green (Author), Abbie H. Brown (Author)
371.33467 GRE

Rethinking Middle Years: Early adolescents, schooling and digital culture by Victoria Carrington (Author)
373.236 CAR

The Tech-Savvy English Classroom by Sara B. Kajder (Author)
428.071 KAJ

Empowering students with technology by Alan November (Author)
004.07 NOV

All available from the CEO Library. More detailed information on each book can be accessed by clicking on the title of the book.

Training

Barriers to e-learning
The digital divide: barriers to e-learning: final report
Australian Institute for Social Research Adelaide, 2006, 43p.

Motivating and training teachers
There is no sign that the search for the elusive silver bullet of educational change that will deliver ‘off-the-graph’ results is flagging on either side of the Atlantic, if a selection of recent international articles is a reliable indicator.
Directions in Education, Vol 16 No 1 26 Jan 2007

A charter for the profession
Teaching Australia is developing a charter for the teacher profession as a statement of core values.
Education review Vol 17, No 2 14 Mar 2007, p8

Religious education

Study of religion as religious education in catholic schools: a preliminary discussion.

Study of religion: Now essential for the development of religious education in Catholic schools
Journal of religious education Vol 55 No 1 2007 p 23-26 and p27- 29

Religious individualization: new challenges to education for tolerance
The focus of this article is on the relationship between tolerance and individualized religion as the most common type of adolescent religion in many western countries.
British Journal of Religious education Vol 29 No 1, Jan 2007 pp 89-100

How theologizing with children can work
‘Theologizing with children’ has arisen from influences of philosophizing with children, from research in the Piagetian tradition and also from the interest of the Evangelical church in Germany to ‘change to the child’s perspective’.
British Journal of Religious education Vol 29 No 2, Mar 2007 pp 127-139

Effective leadership

What makes a good leader?
Principals who use their instructional leadership and those who distribute their leadership to their staff have been proven to be the most effective
Education review Vol 17, No 2 14 Mar 2007, p13

Strategic Leadership: an educational leader imperative
In recent times the role of strategic leadership in schools has earned greater significance as a result of the international trends towards school-based management.
Perspectives on Educational Leadership No 7 17 November 2006

The role of meaningful dialogue in early childhood education leadership
Describes the leadership steps taken to achieve shared vision via meaningful dialogue between board, management and staff that encouraged mental models to be revealed and modified as conflicts in deeply held beliefs became reconciled.
Australian Journal of Early Childhood, Vol 32 No 1 Mar 2007, pp38-46

Our catholic culture

Community culture in the catholic school: a matter of heart
Includes:
Faith formation in the learning community
The educating community and collaborative ministry
Momentum , Vol 37 No 4 Nov/Dec 2006 pp10-13.

Thomas Aquinas: integrating faith and reason in the catholic school
By his fitting together of faith and reason, Aquinas' intellectual approach can serve as an inspiration for educators, especially those at the high school level.
Catholic education: a journal of inquiry and practice, Vol 10, No 3, Mar 2007 pp 343-356

Educating for what kind of society
New Zealand Catholic Bishops conference calls for an educational system that includes " teaching the skills needed for critiquing social and economic patterns that compromise justice or neglect compassion".
Origins, Vol 36 No 3, Feb 22, 2007 pp 573-575

Anytime anywhere learning

Laptops in schools about to tip: what it means for the classroom teacher.
Discusses the adoption of laptops in schools becoming ubiquitous. Gives ideas for teaching with laptops and website urls to help you develop your own programs.
Classroom connect: connected newsletter Vol 13 no 7 April 2007, pp16-18.

The cutting edge classroom
at the: Laptop institute blog
The Laptop Institute hosted by Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, TN aims to facilitate the growth of laptop technologies in education by creating a community of learners among administrators, technology personnel, and teachers in schools that currently use or are considering use of laptops in the classroom.

Redefining literacy for the 21st century
David F. Warlick Ohio: Linworth Publishing, 2004
371.33 WAR
Find suggestions and resources for discovering your own path to promoting literacy in the 21st century within a global digital environment.