Library Bulletin November 2010

NSW TEACHERS FEDERATION LIBRARY 23-33 Mary St, Surry Hills 2010 Locked Bag 3010 Darlinghurst NSW 1300

Ph: 02 9217 2113 Fax: 02 9217 2481 Email: library@nswtf.org.au Web: www.nswtf.org.au/library/

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Welcome to the final library bulletin of 2010!

Thanks to all of you who have used the

library during the year.

New books Bringing technology into the classroom by Gordon Lewis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 371.1 LEW This book aims to show English Language teachers how to use the range of new technologies available to them. The reader is taken step-by-step through the use of a range of online and offline tools including word processing, interactive whiteboards and the internet. It provides practical classroom ideas as well as time saving confidence building tips to get the best out of technology. Conversations about text: teaching grammar using literary texts by Joanne Rossbridge & Kathy Rushton. Newtown, NSW: Primary English Teaching Association (e:lit), 2010. 428.2 ROS “This book focuses on teaching grammar in the context of literary texts in the primary school and middle years. Outstanding classroom practitioners share their strategies, programs and whole units of work.” – Publisher website.

First Australians: plenty stories by Trish Albert. Port Melbourne: Pearson Rigby; National Museum of Australia, 2008-2009. 305.89915 ALB There are two series of Plenty stories (each containing nine titles and a teacher resource), one

aimed at middle primary students, the other at upper primary students. The titles of the 24-page books in the middle primary set are Celebrating Survival Day; Discovering Aboriginal Australia; Fighting for rights; Indigenous sporting greats; Kaisiana's journey to Torres Strait; Keeping language alive; Keeping strong through art; Special objects; The travelling Yamani: a story from the Ngadjon-Jii People. The titles of the 32-page books aimed at the older students are Caring for country; It's more than art; Kaurareg mob; Life at Mulga Bore; Making a difference; Remembering Coniston; Stories through art; Unsung hero; Welcome to Mer Island: Maiem Taba Merem.

Multimodal literacy: researching classroom practice by Maureen Walsh. Newtown, NSW: Primary English Teaching Association (e:lit), 2011. 372.6 WAL This book "highlights some of the literacy strategies needed for reading, using and producing multimodal texts; and the relevant explicit pedagogy appropriate for integrating literacy learning within both print-based and digital communication environments." – Back cover.

Our school our future: shaping the future of Australian schools by Brian J. Caldwell and David N. Loader. Melbourne: Education Services Australia, 2010. 371.334 CAL “The kit includes a book and supporting Resource Book. The book investigates the forces shaping the future of schools,

looks at the need for a clear vision and detailed planning, describes the role of values and innovation and analyses the elements involved in gearing for change. It draws upon the views of teachers and school leaders in Australian schools, the experience of schools that are sustaining success, and expert thinking from around the world. The Resource Book uses the structure of the book to set out practical activities and exercises to challenge thinking, encourage and facilitate collective thought and action and lead schools to feel empowered to create schools for the future.” – Publisher website. Scaffolding language, scaffolding learning: teaching second language learners in the mainstream classroom by Pauline Gibbons. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, c2002. 428 GIB “Given today’s culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms, ESL students can no longer be thought of as a group apart from the mainstream – they are the mainstream. This book describes the ways to ensure ESL learners become full members of the school community with the language and content skills they need for success.” – Back cover.

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Library Bulletin November 2010

NSW TEACHERS FEDERATION LIBRARY 23-33 Mary St, Surry Hills 2010 Locked Bag 3010 Darlinghurst NSW 1300

Ph: 02 9217 2113 Fax: 02 9217 2481 Email: library@nswtf.org.au Web: www.nswtf.org.au/library/

OPENING HOURS Mon – Fri: 9 am – 5 pm

Council Saturday: 10 am – 1.30 pm

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New DVD

Island home country: a documentary written, directed and produced by Jeni Thornley. Newport Beach, NSW: Anandi Films, 2008. "The filmmaker, a descendant of convicts transported to Australia in 1788, goes on a journey to understand the disturbing history of colonial

Tasmania, repressed during her own 1950s childhood there. Filming with family, newcomer Australians and First Australians, Island Home Country offers insights into how various individuals reckon with the legacies of British colonialism and its race based policies. The film’s consultative process suggests an evolving shift in Australian historical narratives from the frontier wars, to one of diverse peoples working through historical trauma. Island Home Country suggests ‘newcomer’ Australians acknowledge the First Australians and their sovereignty, learn to care for country and work together in a process of decolonization." – Filmmaker's website.

New journal The Monthly November 2010

In an essay entitled "Exodus", Margaret Simons uncovers the desiccation of the international student sector in Australia, a multibillion-dollar industry. Recent changes in government policy have led to sudden closures of educational colleges, decreases in international student enrolments and widespread uncertainty among students from overseas. Simons assesses the financial and human cost of the government's backflips

on education and migration policy. – The Monthly website.

And here is a list of our most popular items of 2010…

Getting the buggers to behave by Sue Cowley.

The death and life of the great American school system: how testing and choice are undermining education by Diane Ravitch.

A pressure cooker saved my life: how to have it all, do it all and keep it all together by Juanita Phillips.

(1) ESL content-based language: games, puzzles and inventive exercises (2) ESL vocabulary and word usage:

games, puzzles and inventive exercises (3) ESL reading and spelling: games, puzzles and inventive exercises (4) ESL active learning lessons: games, puzzles and inventive exercises by Imogene Forte and Mary Ann Pangle.

Bully blocking at work: a self-help guide for employees and managers by Evelyn M. Field.

Bullyfree in the workplace: how to survive workplace bullying [DVD]

What teachers need to know about personal wellbeing by Debra Ferguson.

All cats have Asperger Syndrome by Kathy Hoopmann.

All dogs have ADHD by Kathy Hoopmann.

Bullying: making the employer manage the risks: what works and what doesn't by Joan Lemaire.

Teachers’ professional development: it is union work by Nicole Calnan.

Wake in fright [DVD] directed by Ted Kotcheff.

Teaching with Bayley series [comprising six individual DVDs: The entertainer; Attention seekers; Believe in yourself; Friendly but firm;

Love ‘em or loathe ‘em; Praise and preparation].