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Implementing the Australian Curriculum 9.0 English: Challenges and opportunities
Implementing the Australian Curriculum 9.0 English: Challenges and opportunities
60 min
Hear from expert teacher and Head of English, Kathryn McKenna, as she provides an overview of the new English curriculum and shares a range of practical strategies and resources designed to help set your students up for success in Secondary English.
Implementing the NSW Mathematics Syllabus 7–10: Challenges and opportunities
Implementing the NSW Mathematics Syllabus 7–10: Challenges and opportunities
60 min
Hear from expert teacher and presenter, Karen Bellamy, as she outlines the key features of the new NSW Mathematics Syllabus 7–10 and shares a range of practical strategies and resources designed to help set your students up for success in secondary mathematics!
Implementing the NSW Mathematics Syllabus 7–10: Challenges and opportunities
Experience Oxford Digital for Oxford Maths 7–10 NSW Curriculum
45 min
Hear from our expert publishing team as they focus on the enhanced online support for Oxford Maths NSW 7–10 Curriculum and delve deeper into Oxford Digital for interactive, best-in-class content.
Understanding the new Study Design for VCE Legal Studies
Understanding the new Study Design for VCE Legal Studies
60 min
Hear from expert teachers and presenters Lisa Filippin, Annie Wilson and Peter Farrar as they outline the key features and changes of the new Study Design and share a range of practical strategies designed to help set your students up for success!
Implementing the Australian Curriculum Science (9.0): Challenges and opportunities
Implementing the Australian Curriculum Science (9.0): Challenges and opportunities
60 min
Hear from Oxford experts as they outline the key features of the new Australian Curriculum: Science 7–10 (Version 9.0) and share a range of practical strategies and resources designed to help set your students up for success in secondary science!
Implementing the Australian Curriculum Humanities and Social Sciences (9.0): Challenges and opportunities
Implementing the Australian Curriculum Humanities and Social Sciences (9.0): Challenges and opportunities
60 min
Hear from expert teachers and presenters, Majella Wessel, and Kay Bishop, as they outline the key features of the new Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences 7–10 (Version 9.0) and share a range of practical strategies and resources designed to help set your students up for success in secondary HASS!
Implementing the Australian Curriculum Mathematics (9.0): Challenges and opportunities
Implementing the Australian Curriculum Mathematics (9.0): Challenges and opportunities
60 min
Hear from expert teacher and presenter, Suzanne Garvey, as she outlines the key features of the new 7–10 Australian Curriculum Mathematics and shares a range of practical strategies and resources designed to help set your students up for success in secondary mathematics!
Teaching Language in Context
Teaching Language in Context, second edition
min
Strengthen your teaching skills to help children develop their essential literacy abilities.
Teaching Language in Context explores how an explicit understanding of how language works can help you make informed choices in your teaching. It equips you with the knowledge to refine your own literacy capacities and develop the skills and strategies you need to support your students in meeting the challenges of learning to critically read and compose texts.
It's Arts Play
Judith Dinham, Beryl Chalk
It's Arts Play
min
It's Arts Play, second edition, is a practical resource that explores how to develop children through arts experiences. It clearly links arts practice to current educational policy frameworks, including EYLF and Australian Curriculum.
Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement
Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement
min
Embed the principles and practices of inclusion into your students’ learning experiences.
Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement, fourth edition, presents a clear, socially oriented approach to understanding and developing inclusive education. It prepares pre-service teachers for diverse classrooms and helps them develop strategies to engage students with varying backgrounds, needs and abilities.
Learning and Teaching in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
Learning and Teaching in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
min
Teach your students practice-based strategies from local voices and perspectives.
Learning and Teaching in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education, fourth edition, is designed to equip pre-service teachers with strategies to help improve learning outcomes of students, and demonstrates strategies on how to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and voices in their teaching.
Powers of Curriculum
Brad Gobby, Rebecca Walker
Powers of Curriculum
min
Transform education by creating engaging and socially just learning experiences.
Powers of Curriculum, second edition, challenges pre-service educators in the early childhood, primary and secondary phases of education to transform educational thinking and practices.
Teaching with Technologies
Jennifer Howell, Natalie McMaster
Teaching with Technologies
min
Enhance teaching across all three phases of learning with an effective digital pedagogy.
Teaching with Technologies, second edition, provides pre-service teachers and educators with a framework to implement a digital pedagogy best suited to the phase of learning they are teaching in – early years, primary or secondary.
Education, Change and Society
Education, Change and Society
min
Enhance your teaching with critical frameworks in social and policy-based educational contexts.
Education, Change and Society, fifth edition, is one of the most comprehensive and theoretical texts on the sociology of education. This text helps to situate educational activity in its broad social and policy context so you can learn how to critically reflect on frameworks
Children, Family and Communities
Children, Family and Communities
min
Critically analyse the roles communities play in sculpting early childhood development. Children, Families and Communities, sixth edition, is an essential resource that will help you to understand child development in the context of the vital roles that families and the community play in educating children.
The knowledge and skills gap in Australian primary mathematics classrooms
The knowledge and skills gap in Australian primary mathematics classrooms
45min
The skills gap is adding to the complexity of mathematics planning and instruction. Hear from experts to help you bridge the gaps by giving you practical, real-world solutions to use in the classroom, and insights to inform your teaching.
The knowledge and skills gap in Australian primary mathematics classrooms
The knowledge and skills gap in Australian primary mathematics classrooms
66min
Primary students’ levels of mathematical knowledge and skills range from 1–5+ years, depending on the year of school, and as children progress through primary school the gap continues to widen.
Planning your VCE Chemistry course for the new Study Design
Planning your VCE Chemistry course for the new Study Design
45min
Take the hard work out of planning for the new Study Design. Hear from Chemistry educators as they share insights and teacher resources for course planning in 2022-2023.
Preparing for assessment success in VCE Chemistry
Preparing for assessment success in VCE Chemistry
45min
Join Chemistry educators in conversation as they share expert tips and advice for designing/marking Schools Assessed Coursework (SACs), achieving practical hours, and providing exam support.
Mastering cognitive verbs in VCE Biology
Mastering cognitive verbs in VCE Biology
45min
Investigating the use of cognitive verbs in external examination and internal assessments.
How to teach spelling through Phonology, Orthography, Morphology
How to teach spelling through Phonology, Orthography, Morphology
45min
Join the Oxford Spelling webinar event with host, Oxford Senior Publisher Joanna Lake, sharing her knowledge about the latest research in spelling and using spelling metalanguage in the classroom.
Preparing for the new VCE Chemistry Study Design
Preparing for the new VCE Chemistry Study Design
45min
Join Chemistry educators in conversation as they explore the VCAA Chemistry Study Design (2023-2027) and share expert tips and insights to support student success.
Learn about investigation methodologies, supporting Key Science Skills and a Q&A with education experts Kate Adriaans, Carolyn Drenen, and James Kennedy.
Using STEAM to embed capabilities
Using STEAM to embed capabilities
20min
Join Science expert Helen Silvester to discuss using STEAM to embed cross curricular capabilities.
Addressing the deepening digital divide
Addressing the deepening digital divide
Our latest report, Addressing the Deepening Digital Divide, captures the views of over 1,500 teachers from 92 countries on the digital divide, including the barriers to effective teaching and learning, and the impact of the divide on learners’ development. Contributing to the report's Teacher Perspectives, Australian educator, Kirk Thomson considers teaching and learning in the digital age.
Teaching and Learning Primary English
Teaching and Learning Primary English
2min
Damon Thomas discussed how the explicit instruction model will benefit classroom teachers and ITE students
Forum for Educators: Learning Beyond Tomorrow
Forum for Educators: Learning Beyond Tomorrow
45min
Join educators and industry leaders from around the world at our first global, online event. Across three live sessions you can connect and share ideas to improve learning beyond tomorrow.
Your complete solution for differentiation
Your complete solution for differentiation
45min
Join our live online event with Oxford Maths author Annie Facchinetti and leading maths educator Anita Green for a discussion on differentiation in the maths classroom and the benefits of online practice. Jacky Herman, Global Educator for Matific will then present Oxford Maths x Matific, a powerful hybrid learning solution specifically aligned to the scope and sequence of Oxford Maths .
Building Engagement in Middle Years Mathematics
Building Engagement in Middle Years Mathematics
min
Written by leading mathematics expert Peter Sullivan, Building Engagement in Middle Years Mathematics provides teachers with a range of original learning sequences focused on the mainstream content of the Australian Curriculum.
The knowledge and skills gap in Australian secondary Maths classrooms
The knowledge and skills gap in Australian secondary Maths classrooms
45min
OUP market research has revealed a knowledge and skills gap in Mathematics following students transition from primary to secondary school, which can have long-term consequences longer-term learning, but what can be done to address this issue?
The importance of scaffolding History skills & concepts through Years 7–10
The importance of scaffolding History skills & concepts through Years 7–10
45min
Join Oxford University Press authors Meaghan Ryan and Kirk Thomas as they discuss the importance of a spiral approach to Humanities skills from years 7–10.
Cross-curricular learning through STEAM
Cross-curricular learning through STEAM
45min
Join Science and STEAM expert Helen Silvester, Humanities educator Katrina Davey and Maths educator Edward Shin as they discuss a cross-curricular approach to delivering STEAM.
Oxford Reading for Comprehension Decodables
Oxford Reading for Comprehension Decodable
45min
Oxford Senior Publisher Joanna Lake introduces Oxford Reading for Comprehension Decodables, Oxford's new fully decodable Australian guided reading series for F–2. This session explores how ORFC Decodables develops phonics and comprehension skills from the start, and looks at the supporting research-based phonic and comprehension frameworks that underpin the series. A tour of Oxford Owl at the end of the session highlights the online resources available for ORFC Decodables.
Successfully differentiating Maths lessons to address gaps in understanding
Successfully differentiating Maths lessons to address gaps in understanding
45min
Join education experts Tom Christiansen and Alex Blanksby as they discuss strategies for addressing gaps in understanding in years 7-10.
The science of reading in practice
The science of reading in practice
65min
Join Pam McLeay, Oxford National Phonics Specialist, in exploring the science of reading research, how the research supports classroom teaching practices and the implications for primary educators. This webinar is presented in conversation with an expert panel of Primary educators who share their insights on how they have each achieved student success with a rigorous program of reading instruction.
The evolution of science education
The evolution of science education
20min
Explore the insights from 398 teachers in 22 countries and regions. While there are local nuances, there are also notable consistencies in key areas such as the science curriculum’s relevance in the future and how well it prepares pupils to navigate and address challenges the world will face, such as climate change and the evolving role of technology.
Mathematics in Early Childhood Education
Mathematics in Early Childhood Education
min
A comprehensive guide to early childhood mathematics education that explores mathematics in a range of early childhood settings, including home, playgroup, childcare, preschool and school.
Learning Through Play
Learning Through Play
min
This text aims to create a shared understanding of play and play-based pedagogies that positively influence the everyday practices of educators and how to translate the theory of play into practice.
Language, Literacy And Early Childhood Education
Language, Literacy And Early Childhood Education
min
A comprehensive textbook on language and literacy development in early childhood that includes explicit links to the EYLF and the Australian Curriculum.
Early Years Learning in Australian Natural Environments
Early Years Learning in Australian Natural Environments
min
A practical resource that provides practising teachers with the knowledge and skills to connect children with nature through outdoor play and learning. Rich with contemporary theory, research, practical guidance and provocations, this text promotes a deep understanding of how nature-based play and learning can support children’s wellbeing and development.
The knowledge and skills gap in Australian secondary mathematics classrooms
The knowledge and skills gap in Australian secondary mathematics classrooms
66min
Maths teacher survey finds average students’ skills gap is 1-5 years, compounded by remote learning and the transition to Year 7
Teaching students how to answer questions
Teaching students how to answer questions
45min
Join expert author and experienced Science teacher Helen Silvester as she discusses strategies for developing students’ ability to understand and respond to questions effectively, beginning in Year 7.
Exploring Australian Students’ Spelling Skills
Exploring Australian Students’ Spelling Skills
45min
Academic and educational consultant, Dr Tessa Daffern, and Oxford University Press Senior Publisher, Joanna Lake, explore the latest research into Australian students' spelling, and consider the national trends in spelling performance and the implications for educators.
Oxford Science 7–10 | Building capabilities and skills in Years 7–10
Building capabilities and skills in Years 7–10
45min
Building a strong foundation for skills and capabilities in junior Science is becoming increasingly important for student success in VCE Sciences. Join expert author and experienced science teacher Helen Silvester to discuss strategies for guiding the development of critical and ethical thinking in Science.
Oxford Maths 7–10 | Successfully differentiating Maths lessons to address gaps in understanding
Successfully differentiating Maths lessons to address gaps in understanding
45min
Remote learning during 2020 has impacted student engagement and progression in Junior Maths, making differentiation in the maths classroom more crucial than ever. Join education experts Thomas Christiansen and Alex Blanksby as they discuss strategies for addressing gaps in understanding in Years 7-10.
Oxford Humanities 7–10 | Embedding Humanities skills and concepts Years 7 to 10
Embedding Humanities skills and concepts
45min
Join Oxford University Press author Mark Easton as he discusses the importance of a spiral approach to Humanities skills from Years 7–10. Mark will explore how embedding skills practice alongside classroom teaching will provide your students with a pathway to building their understanding of Humanities skills and concepts each year from 7–10, as well as setting them up for success in Senior Humanities subjects.
Exploring Australian Students’ Spelling Skills
Exploring Australian Students’ Spelling Skills
66min
This paper by Dr Tessa Daffern explores national trends in Australian students’ spelling and focuses on the importance of developing phonological, orthographic and morphological spelling skills concurrently from the earliest years of schooling and provides insights across the early, middle and upper primary years.
Preparing for the new VCE Biology Study Design
Preparing for the new VCE Biology Study Design
45min
Helen Silvester shares expert tips and insights to support student success.
The language gap in Australian students’ writing
The language gap in Australian students’ writing
66min
The latest research from Oxford University Press examines 150,000 writing samples and 20 million words collected from Writing Legends, explores the teaching of writing, and offers practical advice and support to help Australian educators.
The language gap in Australian students’ writing
The language gap in Australian students’ writing
44min
Join children’s language experts Lee Walker, Anne Bayetto, and Shane Hill to explore the latest research from Oxford University Press on the emerging student writing language gap.
Using Informative Texts with Early to Fluent Readers
Using Informative Texts with Early to Fluent Readers
48min
This webinar explores how you can engage your F-2 students in reading a variety of informative text types. Learn how you can use a guided reading approach with informative texts, develop rich conversations, and encourage higher level thinking.
How to prepare pre-service teachers to be complex problem solvers
How to prepare pre-service teachers to be complex problem solvers
4min
Hear authors, Michael and Mary Kavanagh, discuss strategies to help pre-service teachers develop their complex problem-solving skills.
The Australian student voice on the soft skills needed for the future
The Australian student voice on the soft skills needed for the future
20min
This paper reviews the findings from a survey of Australian higher education students on which soft skills they believe to be the most important for future career success.
Oxford Australian Children’s Word of the Year 2020 Insights Report
Oxford Australian Children’s Word of the Year 2020 Insights Report
31min
In partnership with Storyathon, OUPANZ has derived the Oxford Australian Children’s Word of the Year 2020 from a full year’s collection of Australian children’s language. All the words have been added to our Oxford Australian Children’s Language Corpus,we have analysed the data, and we have discovered some interesting trends within and across year levels.
Connecting writing pedagogy and practice in Years 3–8
Connecting writing pedagogy and practice in Years 3–8
40min
Join classroom teacher and trainer, Anita Knight, to explore how you can support writing confidence in Years 3–8. In this professional learning event, Anita presents effective practices which enhance the motivation and achievement of student writing, and connect this to the use of Writing Legends.
Achieve reading success with phonics
Achieve reading success with phonics
40min
Join us in this 40-minute webinar for educators in New South Wales as we consider the latest educational research and the teaching of reading to help prepare for the Phonics Screening Check.
Teaching Mathematics: Foundations to Middle Years.
Teaching Mathematics: Foundations to Middle Years, third edition
min
This comprehensive resource provides teachers the information they need to prepare for the classroom. The new pedagogical structure and the rich author knowledge combines effectively with the book's features to help teachers develop a deep understanding of mathematics teaching and learning.
What does guided reading look like in Years 3–6?
What does guided reading look like in Years 3–6?
50min
Oxford University Press in collaboration with Eleanor Curtain Publishing present this professional learning session aimed at guided reading in middle and upper Primary years, by Lyn Regett.
Preparing for the Teaching Profession
Preparing for the Teaching Profession
min
Preparing for the Teaching Profession addresses the uncertainties and anxiety that pre-service teachers may feel about their preparedness to enter the profession. This practical handbook focuses on the key principles that pre-service teachers need to know to navigate the challenges they will encounter in the profession.
Oxford Maths Ready
Oxford Maths Ready
min
Oxford Maths Ready supports mainstream classroom mathematics by offering practical strategies and learning opportunities for primary students who have fallen behind in Maths. It provides insights into the potential difficulties faced by students and ideas to engage them in successful mathematics learning, with a focus on helping them to meet the relevant year level curriculum expectations.
Tackling scenario-based questions in VCE Legal Studies
Tackling scenario-based questions in VCE Legal Studies
70min
Legal Studies for VCE Units 1–4 authors Lisa Filippin and Peter Farrar discuss strategies to help students approach scenario-based questions and stimulus material in Legal Studies. Lisa and Peter also consider multiple scenarios to support you in helping your Legal students master these questions.
Preparing your students for exam success in VCE Legal Studies
Preparing your students for exam success in VCE Legal Studies
68min
Legal Studies for VCE Units 1–4 authors Lisa Filippin and Annie Wilson discuss a range of strategies and learning activities to prepare your students for success in VCE Legal Studies. Lisa and Annie also highlight some common Legal Studies exam traps and how to avoid them.
Stages 4 & 5 – Scaffolding skills for HSC Science success
Stages 4 & 5 – Scaffolding skills for HSC Science success
50min
Oxford Insight Science for NSW 2E authors Melinda Mestre, Timothy Sloane and Mora Soliman deliver tips and tricks for scaffolding skills development and engaging students in preparation for HSC success
Stages 4 & 5 – Working Scientifically in everyday life.
Stages 4 & 5 – Working Scientifically in everyday life.
43min
Oxford Insight Science for NSW 2E authors Melinda Mestre, Lily Okati and Mora Soliman explain how to engage your students with contemporary topics such as COVID-19 and Climate Change by integrating Working Scientifically principles.
Embedding historical skills and concepts through Stages 4 & 5
Embedding historical skills and concepts through Stages 4 & 5
68min
Oxford Insight History for NSW authors Bernie Howitt and Emily Shanahan demonstrate how embedding the historical skills and concepts through Stages 4 and 5 will prepare students for success in Stage 6 Ancient and Modern History.
Using events of 2020 to make History relevant for students.
Using events of 2020 to make History relevant for students.
55min
Oxford Insight History for NSW and Key Features of Modern History author Bernie Howitt provides insight into how you can make History meaningful to your students and use the historical skills and concepts to examine recent events.
Rethinking Learning in the 21st-century
Rethinking Learning in the 21st-century
59min
Listen to the authors of our well-established textbook Learning to Teach, third edition, where Gloria Latham and Karen Malone delve into the intricacies of the 21st-century classroom, learning how to adapt in a world that is constantly changing and the new learning environment that is emerging as a result of recent challenges.
Connect and consolidate grammatical understanding using Oxford Grammar
Connect and consolidate grammatical understanding using Oxford Grammar
34min
Explore our popular Oxford Grammar series by Andrew Woods, now in its second edition, and learn about the new Student Workbooks and Teacher Handbooks, as well as the additional support available online with short videos, curriculum mapping (to NSW, VIC and Australian Curriculum) and more.
Differentiation in the F-6 Maths classroom: Using Oxford Maths to support a range of abilities
Differentiation in the F-6 Maths classroom: Using Oxford Maths to support a range of abilities
55min
In this webinar, experienced classroom teacher and award-winning Oxford Maths author Annie Facchinetti explores how to cater for individual student needs using Oxford Maths. Annie demonstrates how the series offers multiple pathways so that every student can access the curriculum at their own point of need.
As students return to the classroom, Keep calm and cluster!
As students return to the classroom, Keep calm and cluster!
4min
As many students begin to return to their classrooms for the first time in many weeks, there are huge implication for schools and teachers.
Learning to Teach
Learning to Teach, third edition
min
Learning to Teach, third edition, offers a unique perspective by positioning the reader as a pre-service teacher embarking on their new career. The reader is introduced to three fictional pre-service teachers whose narratives flow throughout the text. These characters share how their personal and professional life experiences have exposed them to new ways of thinking about young people, teaching, and learning.
Write Ways
Write Ways, fifth edition
min
Write Ways, fifth edition, is a practical, user-friendly text for pre-service and practising teachers. It explains how to teach students to write in all the major text types—not only in English, but across the curriculum—and provides clear, useful examples of classroom practice, planning and assessment.
Practical Classroom Assessment
Practical Classroom Assessment, second edition
min
Practical Classroom Assessment demonstrates how and why assessment should be firmly embedded in the day-to-day practices of learning and teaching. It addresses current issues in the teaching and study of assessment planning and shows how assessment can be used to aid, support and enable learning.
Professional Communication for Early Childhood Educators
Professional Communication for Early Childhood Educators
min
A practical and user-friendly text designed to support educators develop effective communication skills in order to maintain strong relationships with the children, families, colleagues, and professional and community stakeholders they work with.
Explore the research behind comprehension development
Explore the research behind comprehension development
8min
Explore the research behind comprehension development and learn about best-practice comprehension teaching in the classroom.
Learn how you can develop your students' comprehension strategies and skills
Learn how you can develop your students' comprehension strategies and skills
10min
Learn about the key strategies that successful readers use as they read to construct meaning and develop understanding, and discover the Comprehension Skills Framework that underpins Oxford Reading for Comprehension
Explicit teaching and modelling of comprehension strategies in the classroom
Explicit teaching and modelling of comprehension strategies in the classroom
7min
Discover how you can implement explicit teaching and modelling in the classroom, and learn how you can use a gradual release model to guide and reinforce the development of your students’ comprehension strategies and skills.
Tips for supporting comprehension development in your classroom
Tips for supporting comprehension development in your classroom
7min
Learn how you can focus on comprehension strategies at the start of a guided reading session to further reinforce student comprehension and explore ways to help your students start using their comprehensions skills.
Monitoring Comprehension Development
Monitoring Comprehension Development
7min
Explore the ways you can monitor your students' use of comprehension strategies and skills, and learn about the importance of ongoing monitoring and how you can use this information to inform your teaching and improve your students' outcomes.
Literacy: Reading, Writing and Children's Literature
Literacy: Reading, Writing and Children's Literature, sixth edition
min
Literacy: Reading, Writing and Children’s Literature, sixth edition, is the most comprehensive text for pre-service teachers to learn how to teach literacy. It covers the whole literacy curriculum: reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing, and illustrates how pre-service teachers can use theory in their classrooms.
Creating enthusiastic young writers
Creating enthusiastic young writers
5min
For teachers working in challenging classroom environments engaging students might be difficult but not impossible. Tennant Creek Primary School introduced the Read Write Inc. program just over a year ago, and it has been credited for turning students at the school into confident and fluent readers.
Literacies in Early Childhood: Foundations for Equity and Quality
Literacies in Early Childhood: Foundations for Equity and Quality
min
A collection of expert voices on the theoretical frameworks and approaches for teaching literacy in the early childhood years that aims to open discussion and encourage quality and equity in literacy education.
Creating a Positive Learning Environment: The Savvy Teacher
Creating a Positive Learning Environment: The Savvy Teacher
min
A practical guide to building confidence and well being in the classroom that explores four areas of classroom management — Proactive, Interactive, Restorative and Supportive. This text clearly outlines the theory, practical strategies, skills and techniques that every teacher needs to know.
Jenny Mackay offers professional development related to this book. Contact her for more information.
Q & A: Maths teacher Christine Utber
Q & A: Maths teacher Christine Utber
4min
Christine Utber reflects on the difference a Maths teacher made to her career, dispels the myth of the ‘Maths person’, and discusses why she hates when students say “I don’t get it!”
Partnerships in the Early Years: Building Connections and Supporting Families
Partnerships in the Early Years: Building Connections and Supporting Families
min
This text explores the connections that early years educators build with families and communities in the context of supporting children's learning. It aims to build commitment to creating responsive, collaborative and trusting relationships and equips teachers with the practical skills needed to build meaningful partnerships.
Maths for Everyone: Why there is no such thing as a ‘maths person’
Maths for Everyone: Why there is no such thing as a ‘maths person’
2min
‘I’m not a maths person.’ That’s a statement you’ve all probably heard many times. However, the skills that students learn in mathematics are among the most practical taught in school. Mathematics underpins the world we live in and it teaches our children valuable problem-solving skills.
Practical experience is crucial for improving teachers’ confidence
Practical experience is crucial for improving teachers’ confidence
2min
Written by Janet Fellowes, co-author with Grace Oakley of Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education (OUP) and previous Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University.
Oxford Senior English Workshop – June 18th 2019
Oxford Senior English Workshop – June 18th 2019
52min
Join expert Queensland author Lindsay Williams as he walks you through the 2020 implementation of QCE Units 3 & 4 and how Oxford’s series English for Queensland will support your teaching.
Girls are dropping out of sport – what can educators, parents and communities do about it?
Girls are dropping out of sport – what can educators, parents and communities do about it?
2min
There are a myriad of reasons why girls in Australia aged 15-17 may choose to quit sport. Rather than dwelling on the types of things that could cause a girl to think she is not good at sport or why she feels she has too much schoolwork, let’s explore some strategies that the whole community can put in place to reduce this type of thinking in girls.
Oxford Senior Biology Workshop – May 30th 2019
Oxford Senior Biology Workshop – May 30th 2019
31min
Join series expert Robyn Flexman as she walks you through the 2020 implementation of QCE Units 3 & 4 and how Oxford’s series Biology for Queensland will support your teaching.
Oxford Senior Physical Education Workshop – May 29th 2019
Oxford Senior Physical Education Workshop – May 29th 2019
56min
Join expert Queensland authors Kate Russell and Ron Weatherby as they walk you through the 2020 implementation of QCE Units 3 & 4 and how Oxford’s series Physical Education for Queensland will support your teaching.
Oxford Senior Chemistry Workshop – May 28th 2019
Oxford Senior Chemistry Workshop – May 28th 2019
24min
Join expert Queensland author Philip Sharpe as he walks you through the 2020 implementation of QCE Units 3 & 4 and how Oxford’s series Chemistry for Queensland will support your teaching.
Oxford Senior Psychology Workshop – May 23rd 2019
Oxford Senior Psychology Workshop – May 23rd 2019
25min
Join expert Queensland author Lorelle Burton as she walks you through the 2020 implementation of QCE Units 3 & 4 and how Oxford’s series Psychology for Queensland will support your teaching.
Oxford Senior Physics Workshop – May 22nd 2019
Oxford Senior Physics Workshop – May 22nd 2019
34min
Join expert Queensland author Richard Walding as he walks you through the 2020 implementation of QCE Units 3 & 4 and how Oxford’s series New Century Physics for Queensland will support your teaching.
Classroom Management: Engaging Students in Learning
Classroom Management: Engaging Students in Learning, third edition
min
Classroom Management: Engaging Students in Learning focuses on what teachers can do to create quality learning environments with their students. This new edition addresses the seven Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) teacher standards which pre-service teachers need to meet.
Teaching Health and Physical Education in Early Childhood and the Primary Years
Teaching Health and Physical Education in Early Childhood and the Primary Years, first edition
min
A practical toolbox of strategies to teach Health and Physical Education in Early Childhood Education and Care and primary school contexts.
Engagement with Project X: Comprehension Express has armed struggling readers with the language and skills to address comprehension challenges.
Engagement with Project X: Comprehension Express has armed struggling readers with the language and skills to address comprehension challenges.
6min
Case study by Sophie Rasic using feedback from Literacy Coordinator Amy Sneddon and teachers Casey Seymour & Emma de Klerk, Lalor Gardens Primary School, Melbourne
How schools and teachers can benefit from social media
How schools and teachers can benefit from social media
3min
Social media can be a valuable tool to help schools connect and engage with their communities. But just getting started can be intimidating for new users. Which channel is best for which purpose and how can pitfalls be avoided?
Universities have a crucial role to play in equipping teachers for the literacy classroom
Universities have a crucial role to play in equipping teachers for the literacy classroom
2min
Written by Janet Fellowes, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Edith Cowan University and author of Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education.
Global trends in the teaching of mathematics
Global trends in the teaching of mathematics
4min
Australia has a unique context that requires an approach and resources that are designed specifically for our students. We can, however, learn from international success stories and adapt effective practices to suit our own settings and students.
Literacy assessment: Who wants to know what, and why?
Literacy assessment: Who wants to know what, and why?
4min
The assessment of literacy achievements is important to all levels of the educational community. From the individual student in the local school, to the Australian Government, the diverse range of literacy assessment expectations provides demanding challenges.
Maths trauma is real, but it can be avoided. Here’s how.
Maths trauma is real, but it can be avoided. Here’s how.
2min
The path through mathematics is full of such pitfalls, and sadly many who fall by the wayside do not return. How can we restore Maths-confidence in those who have lost it?
Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences in the Primary School
Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences in the Primary School, fourth edition
min
Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences in the Primary School, fourth edition, provides a comprehensive overview of how to teach in the humanities and social sciences areas of the curriculum, while providing practical strategies and contemporary teaching techniques to take into the classroom.
Teaching Literacies: Pedagogies and Diversity
Teaching Literacies: Pedagogies and Diversity, second edition
min
Teaching Literacies: Pedagogies and Diversity addresses the teaching of literacies across the primary and secondary years of schooling. It provides the foundations for understanding some of the issues and challenges in working with students in the current Australian context.
Q&A with award-winning Maths lecturer, Daniel Mansfield
Q&A with award-winning Maths lecturer, Daniel Mansfield
3min
It took being laughed at during class for Daniel Mansfield to set his mind to improve his Maths skills. Starting out as a good student, he became an excellent one to prove his teacher wrong. Mansfield went on to achieve a PhD in mathematics and to be named ‘Most Inspiring Lecturer in First Year’.
Teaching systematic synthetic phonics is a ‘success for all’ approach
Teaching systematic synthetic phonics is a ‘success for all’ approach
4min
A Read, Write Inc. Case Study by Sophie Rasic from Mr Brendon Madden, Principal, Toowong State School, Queensland
Systematic synthetic phonics helps all students achieve reading growth
Systematic synthetic phonics helps all students achieve reading growth
5min
A Read, Write Inc. Case Study from Jocelyn Seamer, Principal, Dundee Beach School, Northern Territory.
Fun ways for teachers to use the Oxford Wordlist in the classroom
Fun ways for teachers to use the Oxford Wordlist in the classroom
3min
The Oxford Wordlist has a place in many Australian classrooms. Whether as a poster or the basis for activities promoting literacy, the Wordlist is a valuable tool in helping students learn the words most commonly used in the writing of Australian children.
Maths teachers will only achieve ‘light bulb’ moments if they have the confidence to take risks
Maths teachers will only achieve ‘light bulb’ moments if they have the confidence to take risks
2min
All teachers should strive to be a better teacher next year than they were the previous year. This involves taking risks, trying new things and having the confidence to improve.
Connecting with Science Education
Connecting with Science Education, second edition
min
Connecting with Science Education, second edition, supports pre-service teachers as they enter the professional world by connecting theory to practice. It meets the requirements of the Australian Curriculum while incorporating STEM and Indigenous science knowledge; and has a balanced coverage of biological, physical and chemical sciences, with some mathematics.
Moving mathematics learning from “what have I been told?” to “what do I know that can help me?”
Moving mathematics learning from “what have I been told?” to “what do I know that can help me?”
2min
There is widespread agreement that student-driven inquiry approaches can help students build understanding, solve problems and reason mathematically. But to ensure that all students are included in learning opportunities, specific teacher actions are needed and lessons can productively be structured in particular ways.
Challenging Mathematical Tasks
Challenging Mathematical Tasks
min
Challenging Mathematical Tasks supports the idea that students learn best when they work on problems that they do not yet know how to solve. Peter Sullivan’s research shows that many students do not fear challenges in mathematics, but welcome them. And rather than having teachers instruct them, these students prefer to work out solutions for themselves.
Lost without atlas skills
Lost without atlas skills
3min
While it’s tempting to think that the generation moving through our schools has it all sorted when it comes to technology, recent research suggests that the concept of the digital native is actually a myth.
More than Mercutio – English teaching for the future
More than Mercutio – English teaching for the future
3min
Discussion of what teachers and educational leaders really want students to get out of their schooling has recently shifted to the types of skills that they will need in the 21st century. In the face of a paradigm that still emphasises knowledge retention and memorisation, this is a useful shift.
Catering for mixed abilities in the English classroom
Catering for mixed abilities in the English classroom
4min
Teachers are generally expected to differentiate (another word that provokes an inward groan) but often struggle to know how to do so effectively — and no wonder, when this means that they need to teach to several different standards while also generally working towards common assessment. So how to best cater to the very broad range of abilities in the English classroom?
Open Ended Maths Activities Revised Edition
Open Ended Task
min
Open-Ended Maths Activities discusses the features of ‘good’ mathematical questions. It provides practical advice on how teachers can create their own open-ended and problem-solving questions, and use them effectively in the classroom.
Australian Literature for Young People
Australian Literature for Young People
min
By encouraging a broader and deeper knowledge of this country, its history, people, art and literature, Australian Literature for Young People not only familiarises readers with landmarks in Australian literature but addresses key contemporary concerns such as the need to be creative and imaginative, to think across disciplines, and to communicate and collaborate.
Maths skills need to serve students beyond the next 30 minutes
Maths skills need to serve students beyond the next 30 minutes
3min
Telling students how to answer mathematics questions might work well for the next 30 minutes but it does not enhance the chance of students remembering what they have been told, nor of transferring this particular learning to a different context. The challenge is to find ways to engage students in their own learning.
Why flipped learning makes sense in the STEM classroom
Why flipped learning makes sense in the STEM classroom
4min
The current generation of STEM teachers is the first that must choose between teaching important skills and teaching urgent skills. In the past, there was no difference — the important skills were the urgent skills. Now there is a fork in the road, presenting a threshold challenge for STEM teachers that flipped classrooms can help us overcome.
Making Sense of Spelling
Making Sense of Spelling
3min
James Clements explores the key principles of the English spelling system in this short clip.
Maureen Lewis - Motivating Children as Readers
Maureen Lewis - Motivating Children as Readers
5min
Reading and comprehension expert, Maureen Lewis, discusses some of the barriers when motivating struggling readers and shares how to encourage reading for pleasure in the classroom.
Di Hatchett - Keeping Track of Progress
Di Hatchett - Keeping Track of Progress
3min
Intervention expert Di Hatchett explains how to implement and monitor a reading intervention programme for struggling readers.
An Introduction to Speech, Language and Literacy
An Introduction to Speech, Language and Literacy
min
Introduction to Speech, Language and Literacy is written for Australian and New Zealand students studying education, speech pathology and linguistics, fields with a strong focus on communication. This book provides readers with a theoretical understanding of speech, language and literacy acquisition, and the ability to apply this understanding to individuals of different ages and developmental stages.
Writing Right with Text Types
Writing Right with Text Types
min
Create a writing classroom that is creative, innovative and imaginative. Writing Right with Text Types helps current and future teachers inspire young writers in exciting and engaging ways.
Creating inclusive literacy learning experiences
Creating inclusive literacy learning experiences
2min
Given how strongly literacy is valued and privileged in our society, it is unsurprising that there is such an emphasis on literacy experiences from the very earliest years onwards. Unfortunately though, many people do not receive the literacy learning opportunities that they need.
Child-friendly testing for young learners
Child-friendly testing for young learners
2min
Verissimo Toste, an Oxford teacher trainer, looks at how you can make testing a child-friendly experience for your young learners, and useful for you.
Language and Learning: An Introduction for Teaching
Language and Learning: An Introduction for Teaching, sixth edition
min
The sixth edition of Language and Learning continues to provide an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the nature and function of language and language learning and its implications for teaching. Written specifically for teacher-education students, it covers a range of language theories and uses relevant examples for applying them in the classroom..
Developing reading strategies
Developing reading strategies
2min
Educators need to specifically teach students how to think and talk about texts, rather than just conveying information about texts or doing the reading and thinking for their students. Following are some great reading strategies that will help you encourage your young readers to think about what they are reading.
The Grammar Handbook
The Grammar Handbook
min
The Grammar Handbook is an essential reference for English grammar, punctuation and usage. It is ideal for undergraduate students seeking additional assistance with their grammar.
How to teach blending to children - Phonics tutoring with Ruth Miskin
How to teach blending to children - Phonics tutoring with Ruth Miskin
3min
Ruth Miskin demonstrates how to teach children phonics through assisted word blending.
How to teach complex sounds: Ruth Miskin demonstrates
How to teach complex sounds: Ruth Miskin demonstrates
4min
Ruth Miskin demonstrates how to effectively teach complex sounds to children.
Guided Reading: Using levelled texts to build reading skills
Guided Reading: Using levelled texts to build reading skills
33min
This paper explores the benefits and limitations of levelled texts as part of a reading program, and strategies for using them effectively.
Oxford Wordlist research report
Oxford Wordlist research report
27min
Download this free report that explains in details the investigation of high-frequency words in young children's writing and reading development.
Reading for Meaning: A guide to the research on best-practice teaching of comprehension in today’s world
Reading for Meaning: A guide to the research on best-practice teaching of comprehension in today’s world
18min
This paper reviews the research and evidence around teaching comprehension in light of these complexities and presents some practical classroom solutions.
Connect and consolidate grammatical understanding using Oxford Grammar
Connect and consolidate grammatical understanding using Oxford Grammar
26min
Oxford University Press is pleased to present a webinar about our popular Oxford Grammar series by Andrew Woods. This webinar explores grammatical features at the word, sentence and text level, using stimulus pages and authentic literary texts to engage students and provide context.
Literacy and numeracy are important, but there is far more to effective teaching
Literacy and numeracy are important, but there is far more to effective teaching
4min
Graduates from accredited teaching courses will be required to pass literacy and numeracy tests before they can enter the profession this year. On the surface, these tests might seem reasonable but we must consider what we stand to lose by instituting such tests, and whether they are necessary at all.
How positive psychology can improve teachers’ well-being
How positive psychology can improve teachers’ well-being
4min
While abuse should not be tolerated, is there something that teachers can do to improve their own well-being in such a climate? Two Oxford University Press authors discuss the role that positive psychology can play in improving the well-being of teachers.