Informit e-Library - Humanities & Social Sciences Collection - New Titles

Read to Me

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:32:01 GMT

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Reading to children can enrich their language and listening skills, cognitive development, social skills, early reading and problem-solving skills. Sharing a picture book, a nursery rhyme or telling a story also enhances the bond between parent and child, in a way that is fun for both adult and child.

Read To Me is a thought-provoking, practical guide to assist parents, carers and students in their selection of books for young children, including those with special needs.

It provides parents with a comprehensive list of titles to begin reading to their child, to give parents hours of special times and open their child�s eyes to the wonders of books and reading

Ready Set Remember

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:36:01 GMT

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Ready Set Remember is a rich resource of information and activities for teachers with students who may have auditory processing difficulties. In order to listen well, a child must have adequate hearing, intact auditory processing skills and an �active listening� mindset.

This book helps teachers identify children with auditory difficulties in the age-range 5�8 before referring them to an appropriate health professional. When the child returns to the classroom, Ready Set Remember then provides strategies and activities to encourage children�s confidence and improve the ability to efficiently and effectively remember auditory information by practising listening and sequencing tasks.

Section 1 of Ready Set Remember includes an introduction to:

hearing, auditory processing, active listening, short-term auditory memory and how to identify and assess children in the age range 3�7
factors affecting a child�s ability to remember
and relationships between listening, auditory memory and literacy.

Section 2 has over 30 activities and support materials, which have been used successfully by the authors over the past 20 years. All activities are easy to fit into the daily classroom programme and each activity has a clear aim, simple instructions and requires minimal equipment.

Sandplay & Symbol Work: Emotional Healing & Personal Development with Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:45:01 GMT

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Sandplay & Symbol Work : Emotional Healing & Personal Development with Children, Adolescents, and Adults are powerful therapeutic tools that can access and allow expression of a client's inner world.

Unlike more cognitive or behavioural therapies, sandplay and symbol work can reveal unconscious processes and dilemmas, bringing them into a representational form that allows resolution.

In Sandplay and Symbol Work authors Mark Pearson and Helen Wilson outline the history of sandplay and fully explain how to adapt the techniques to clients from all age groups and in different professional settings.

Detailed and careful instructions are given for facilitating the processes. Most of the book is a step-by-step description of a range of exercises that can be used by the therapist.

Case histories illustrate the applications of these methods. A review of the literature is supplied, as is a useful glossary of terms.

Sandplay and Symbol Work is the first Australian book on sandplay therapy. It provides a practical and detailed guide for those interested in using these helpful techniques.

Shared Responsibility: Beating Bullying in Australian Schools

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:49:01 GMT

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As both a bully and a victim in childhood, and with 27 years experience working in secondary schools, Ian Findley approaches the subject of bullying from a unique and highly qualified perspective. Bullying is a reality for every school. It occurs in social groups as part of a battle for power and social recognition.

Shared Responsibility aims to resolve instances of bullying not by punishing bullies, but by asking them to share in the responsibility of finding a solution. By supporting victims and assessing the damage caused, this book addresses the impact of bullying and provides practical solutions for dealing with repeat offenders and challenging students. Collated over 12 years of research, a series of case studies are used to illustrate examples of successful outcomes and provide a model for implementing Shared Responsibility as a whole school approach.

This method considers the needs of all students involved in bullying and attempts to change offending behaviour and attitudes by developing empathy and self-discipline in bullies. Tested and trialled in Australian schools, Shared Responsibility empowers schools, bullies and their victims to find constructive and ongoing resolutions to this challenging social phenomenon.

Schooling for the Knowledge Era

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:00:01 GMT

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Schooling for the Knowledge Era describes the rapidly developing global knowledge economy, which rewards innovative, self-directed and entrepreneurial knowledge workers who can thrive in a fast-moving, changing environment.

The book is intended to describe what 21st century schooling needs to be. It defines what 'knowledge era schooling' is and compares it with 'industrial era schooling' and provides five main criteria that should operate within a knowledge era school. These criteria are fleshed out across five chapters, followed by discussion on the changing role of the teacher, self-directed learning, a chapter-long case study of Eltham College, and a conclusion on the role of parents and policy makers.

Features

David Warner writes from experience as a practising principal and as a labour market analyst
grounded in plentiful examples from his own school, Eltham College of Education, and from a variety of other schools in Australia, the UK and the US who are practising new and innovative forms of learning
cutting edge ideas that challenge readers to re-think the role of the school, school organisation and the way teaching or knowledge is delivered
a highly readable style
foreword by Professor Brian Caldwell.

Social Savvy: Help Your Child Fit in With Others

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:53:01 GMT

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Every child needs to develop social skills. A child needs to fit in with others on equal terms, without becoming either a bully or a victim. Social skills ensure acceptance.

Social Savvy: Help Your Child Fit in With Others is about helping children make friends and fit in socially, improving a parent�s relationship with their child and dealing effectively with children's misbehaviour. Author Lindy Petersen is well known for her step-by-step teaching of social skills, and Social Savvy is ideal for parents who want a clear method for helping their child develop social skills in three clear steps. The book can be used in conjunction with the Stop Think Do programs.

Spelling: Approaches to Teaching and Assessment

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:06:01 GMT

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Peter Westwood has completely revised and updated all chapters of his practical teaching resource on spelling. Filled with up-to-date information, references and research-based teaching methods, the second edition provides an overview of effective ways to help students develop and improve their spelling skills and strategies. Assessment is also an essential part of the effective teaching of spelling. This second edition also contains a revised and re-normed version of the original South Australian spelling test, along with a completely new, normed Form B to be used as an alternative or parallel to Form A of the South Australian Spelling Test.

Key Features of the new edition:

All chapters have been revised and updated according to recent research findings.
Chapter 1, Spelling: current issues and perspectives, includes recent changes in perspectives on literacy
Chapter 4, Teaching approaches, has been expanded to include new information on teaching methods.
Chapter 5, Methods for intervention, is a completely new chapter.
Chapter 7, Resources for Teachers, has been updated with recent publications including a new sub-section on 'Online resources for spelling'.
The original South Australian Spelling Test has been revised and re-normed.
A completely new, normed, parallel form of the South Australian Spelling Test has been included.,

Woven Histories, Dancing Lives: Torres Strait Islander Identity, Culture and History

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:50:01 GMT

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Woven Histories, Dancing Lives is a collection of essays that communicates the unique histories and cultures of Torres Strait Islanders to a broad audience. Not only have Islanders long absorbed the cultural influences from two surrounding landmasses and, more recently, negotiated the development of two nations in the region, their lives have been transformed by 150 years of immigration and new economic and political conditions. In this collection readers will discover the remarkable cultural diversity that has emerged out of this history.

The contributors offer new reflections on inter-ethnic relationships, identity concerns, gender relations and the political struggles of Islanders. As a scholarly resource, this collection of high-quality essays is empirically rich and theoretically innovative. As a creative endeavour, it embraces Islander and non-Islander visions of society and history. As a critical challenge, it contains insights that can be brought to bear upon fundamental issues regarding the place of Indigenous people in an Australia still profoundly uncertain of its relationship to, and recognition of, its Indigenous peoples.

Better Schools Better Teachers Better Results: A Handbook for Improved Performance Management in Your School

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:04:01 GMT

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Better Schools, Better Teachers, Better Results specifically examines the "how" of performance management in schools. It provides a series of practical guides for principals, team leaders and teachers.

For those schools where there already are system level requirements about performance management, it provides a means of examining the way they are implemented, in order to gain greater benefit from what is already in place.

For other schools that have developed their own mechanisms for managing performance, it enables them to reflect on their existing purposes and processes to see where they might be able to improve.

More Practise Now: How to Prepare for Recruitment and Selection Tests

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:17:01 GMT

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More Practise Now is a useful addition to the ever-popular Practise Now!, which is a practical guide to tackling a wide variety of selection tests commonly used in recruitment.

This book contains even more practise items typically found in verbal, numerical, non-verbal and spatial-visual reasoning tests. It also provides an actual timed test to expose you to a typical test situation.

More Practise Now is written by people who write selection test items and those who are on the other end of conducting testing. Each chapter focuses on a specific question type. Each question type is explained and tips are provided on how to improve your chances of getting items right.

More Practise Now aims to increase your confidence in undergoing an assessment process by providing exposure to the types of questions typically found in selection and recruitment tests and lots of practise on answering these questions.

Seven Steps to ICT Integration

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:29:01 GMT

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Aimed at teachers and/or school leaders, this book provides Seven steps to ICT integration in schools. It includes many examples of first-hand experiences, based within a research context. It acknowledges that each school, subject and teacher is unique and there is no single solution to integrating ICT, but it aims to provide inspiration and possibilities.

Stepping Stones: A Guide for Mature-aged Students at University

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:08:01 GMT

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Entering university study as a mature-aged student is a life-changing event. Mature-age students face many challenges as they try to balance study commitments with the demands of work and family.

Stepping Stones acknowledges the very personal journeys that mature-aged students take when they embark on university study. This book goes beyond the �how to� of university life to give a deeper understanding of the experiences that lie ahead. It provides prospective mature-aged students with strategies and skills for a successful learning experience and for managing life with study.

Supervising Doctorates Downunder: Keys to Effective Supervision in Australia and New Zealand

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:13:01 GMT

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Supervising Doctorates Downunder is a comprehensive collection of essays designed to assist doctoral supervisors through candidate selection to thesis examination and post-doctoral life. Supervising Doctorates Downunder includes chapters on supervision-candidature agreements, ways to build effective supervision relationships, helping candidates write and think like a researcher, reviewing progress, oral presentations, candidates' health concerns, negotiating intellectual property, working with Indigenous candidates, part-time candidature and workplace research, and preparing a thesis for examination.

Sustainable Futures: Teaching and Learning: A Case Study Approach

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:57:01 GMT

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Sustainable Futures is a case study approach to development, and will provide teachers and young scientists with informative teaching and learning materials in Science projects. Aimed at contemporary sustainable development issues in developing countries, this publication contains a wealth of information on places on remote parts of the world, including India, Argentina, China, Portugal, South Africa and Thailand.

Reading and Learning Difficulties: Approaches to Teaching and Assessment

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:20:01 GMT

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Reading and Learning Difficulties is a comprehensive guide to teaching reading more effectively and presents a variety of research-supported approaches to teaching. These approaches have been designed to make learning to read easier and more successful for all children.

By examining the way readers process texts and identifying the knowledge and skills needed to become a proficient reader, author Peter Westwood explains why learning problems can sometimes occur and what can be done to prevent or overcome these difficulties.

Social Archaeology of Australian Indigenous Societies, The

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:00:01 GMT

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The Social Archaeology of Australian Indigenous Societies presents original and provocative views on the complex and dynamic social lives of Indigenous Australians from an historical perspective.

Building on the foundational work of Harry Lourandos, the book critically examines and challenges traditional approaches which have presented Indigenous Australian pasts as static and tethered to ecological rationalism.

The book reveals the ancient past of Aboriginal Australians to be one of long-term changes in social relationships and traditions, as well as the active management and manipulation of the environment. It encourages a deeper appreciation of the ways Aboriginal peoples have engaged with, and constructed their worlds. It solicits a deeper understanding of the contemporary political and social context of research and the insidious impacts of colonialist philosophies. In short, it concerns people: both past and present.

Ultimately, The Social Archaeology of Australian Indigenous Societies looks beyond the stereotype of Aboriginal peoples as �hunter-gatherers� and charts new and challenging agendas for Australian Aboriginal archaeology.

Australasian Biotechnology

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:06:01 GMT

ISSN/ISBN: 1036-7128
Resource Type: Journal

Australasian Biotechnology is the quarterly journal of AusBiotech, Australia's Biotechnology Industry Organisation. It delivers a sharp industry focus and news of both national significance and global interest for biotech leaders and key stakeholders.

Northern Territory Naturalist

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:35:01 GMT

ISSN/ISBN: 0155-4093
Resource Type: Journal

Northern Territory Naturalist is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Northern Territory Field Naturalists Club Inc. Its contributors include a range of field naturalists and scientists.

Original research articles and short notes relating to the natural history and ecology of the Northern Territory and adjacent areas of northern Australia will be considered for publication. Reviews, essays, species descriptions and identification notes will also be considered.

New Zealand Research in Early Childhood Education

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:55:01 GMT

ISSN/ISBN: 1174-6122
Resource Type: Journal

The New Zealand Research in Early Childhood Education Journal is an academic peer-reviewed journal for the publication of research findings, methodological papers and theoretical articles relating to early childhood education (from conception and up to eight years of age).

Research relating to parenting, teaching and learning, improving outcomes for diverse children, bicultural and multicultural practices, child health, child care, and teacher education and professional development are particularly invited. Papers looking at methodological issues and contributing to the development of theory in early childhood education are also invited.

The aim of the journal is to promote the development of quality New Zealand early childhood research.

Around the Globe

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:15:01 GMT

ISSN/ISBN: 1449-2946
Resource Type: Journal

Around the Globe is a tri-annual magazine that features articles on Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements (MISGM) projects, the Institute Seminar Series and Conferences.

The Institute is concerned with three key questions:

What are the nature and implications of the global movement of people, resources and ideas?
What institutions, systems and structures are evolving to facilitate global flows, movements, and global interdependence; and what are the implications for national and local institutions?
What is the impact on security, human rights and national identities in an increasingly mobile and often borderless world?

Lilith: A Feminist History Journal

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:22:01 GMT

ISSN/ISBN: 0813-8990
Resource Type: Journal

Lilith was established and first published in 1984 as a forum for the publication of new scholarly work by both established historians and post-graduate students. It is now published annually. While Lilith is based within the History Department at the University of Melbourne, it publishes diverse articles grounded in research undertaken in different countries. These articles deal with historical subject matter that is of interest internationally and crosses the spectrums of time periods and what is understood as 'feminist history'. Lilith is a fully refereed journal committed to publishing articles and reviews on women, gender, sexuality and related issues.

Education in Rural Australia

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:13:01 GMT

ISSN/ISBN: 1036-0026
Resource Type: Journal

Education in Rural Australia is published twice a year by the Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia (SPERA). This peer-reviewed journal carries original reports of empirical and theoretical research, and accounts of work from the field. ERA receives administrative and financial support from the School of Teacher Education and the Faculty of Education, Charles Sturt University.

Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:00:01 GMT

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Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality (JMMS) is a scholarly, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal. JMMS is published twice a year with provision for other special editions.

JMMS seeks to be as inclusive as possible in its area of enquiry. Papers address the full spectrum of masculinities and sexualities, particularly those which are seldom heard. Similarly, JMMS addresses not only monotheistic religions and spiritualities but also Eastern, indigenous, new religious movements and other spiritualities which resist categorization. JMMS papers address historical and contemporary phenomena as well as speculative essays about future spiritualities. The academic interests of the editorial board reflect these diverse positions.

Contemporary PNG Studies

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:57:01 GMT

ISSN/ISBN: 1814-0351
Resource Type: Journal

Contemporary PNG Studies, a twice yearly publication, provides the means for Divine Word University staff, students and associated academics to publish research findings, personal perspectives, reports of projects or developments and reviews of recent books on Papua New Guinea. The journal promotes investigations of practice and theory in fields covered by faculties and activities of Divine Word University at all its campuses.

Australasian Review of African Studies

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:32:01 GMT

ISSN/ISBN: 1447-8420
Resource Type: Journal

The Australasian Review of African Studies aims to contribute to a better understanding of Africa in Australasia and the western Pacific. It publishes both scholarly and generalist articles that provide authoritative, informed, critical material on Africa and African affairs that is interesting and readable and so available to as broad an audience as possible, both academic and non-academic.

Pointers: Bulletin of the Christian Research Association

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:29:01 GMT

ISSN/ISBN: 1037-3152
Resource Type: Journal

Pointers is the quarterly bulletin of the Christian Research Association. It publishes summaries of a wide variety of research projects which examine religious issues in Australia.

Educating Young Children: Learning and Teaching in the Early Childhood Years

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:18:01 GMT

ISSN/ISBN: 1323-823X
Resource Type: Journal

Educating Young Children is the journal of the Early Childhood teachers Association and is published three times per year. It is aimed at promoting the work of early childhood educators across the State of Queensland.

Educating Young Children contains a balance of theoretical and practical articles. Regular features include:

Feature Articles
Communications
Teacher Stories
Partnerships
Book Reviews

Irrigation Australia: The Official Journal of the Irrigation Association of Australia

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:37:01 GMT

ISSN/ISBN: 0818-9447
Resource Type: Journal

Irrigation Australia is the quarterly journal of Irrigation Australia Limited and the premier irrigation publication in Australia. It is essential reading for anyone involved in the irrigation industry.

The journal focuses on practical application of technology and policy, with case studies being a preferred approach to conveying messages, where applicable.

Irrigation Australia welcomes articles about irrigation technology, practice and policy.

Journal of New Zealand Studies

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:36:01 GMT

ISSN/ISBN: 1176-306X
Resource Type: Journal

The Journal of New Zealand Studies is published annually in October by the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies, Victoria University of Wellington.

The JNZS is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal which welcomes papers from any discipline which has a New Zealand focus.

Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy & Practice

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:22:01 GMT

ISSN/ISBN: 1178-8690
Resource Type: Journal

The Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and Practice, which appears twice a year, publishes the work of established and new scholars and practitioners. The journal aims to highlight new knowledge and important ideas from both New Zealand and elsewhere in the world. In particular, JELPP welcomes studies that further international debates in the field of educational leadership.

56th Appita Annual Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand 18-20 March 2002: Proceedings

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:00:01 GMT

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Appita Inc., is the technical association serving the Australian and New Zealand pulp and paper industry. The 56th annual conference included 73 papers, presented on various topics relating to the pulp and paper industry ranging from the impact of wood source variability on pulping and papermaking processes to cost analysis for paper makers.

59th Appita Annual Conference and Exhibition: Incorporating the 13th ISWFPC (International Symposium on Wood, Fibre and Pulping Chemistry), Auckland, New Zealand, 16-19 May 2005: Proceedings

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:34:01 GMT

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Appita Inc., is the technical association serving the Australian and New Zealand pulp and paper industry. The 59th annual conference incorporated the 13th International Symposium on Wood, Fibre and Pulping Chemistry (ISWFPC). There are over 200 papers covering topics including: paper properties, paper machine performance, energy cost reduction, pulp fibres, mechanical pulps, paper recycling, bleaching and analysis of lignin.

62nd Appita Annual Conference and Exhibition, Rotorua, New Zealand 20 - 23 April 2008: Conference Technical Papers

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:00:01 GMT

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Appita Inc., is the technical association serving the Australian and New Zealand pulp and paper industry. The 62nd annual conference includes more than 60 papers presented on various topics relating to the pulp and paper industry ranging from bioresource processing to energy reduction and papermachine operations.

HIC 2008 Conference: Australia's Health Informatics Conference; The Person in the Centre, August 31 - September 2, 2008 Melbourne Convention Centre

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:47:01 GMT

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The challenges of health informatics in Australia today are not just the technical issues. The HIC 2008 theme of 'the Person in the Centre' reflects the need to recognise that people are the reasons for our systems, the ones who initiative and bring about improvements in health care and design and develop our systems.

The contributions to the conference reflect the wide range of activity being undertaken in Australia and overseas to advance health information and the systems that support our health system. The papers cover the whole continuum of health care from primary care, through to tertiary and collaborative care and to consider how information is used and transferred through these various domains safely and effectively.

Let's Get to the Heart of the Nation: The Proceedings of the VIIth ASME National Conference

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:06:01 GMT

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The program offered for this conference is one most appropriate to the conference theme, "Let's Get To The Heart of The Nation". Examination of the program on offer shows that the interests of every category of Music Educator are being catered for.

Popular Music: Commemoration, Commodification and Communication: Proceedings of the 2004 IASPM Australia New Zealand Conference, Held in Conjunction with the Symposium of the International Musicological Society

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:00:01 GMT

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The 2004 IASPM-ANZ conference was the second year we joined the International Musicological Society to become part of a much larger conference.

The conference call for papers requested papers falling roughly under the rubrics of commemoration, collaboration and communication, and I have attempted to organise the papers in this volume with that in mind.