Acer Press: 40 books
Teaching Ethics in Schools
A New Approach to Moral Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Teaching Ethics in Schools provides a fresh approach to moral education. Rather than conveying a set of mandated values, codes of conduct, behaviour management plans or religious instruction, moral education is presented as an essential aspect of study throughout the school curriculum. Ethical concepts...
by Dr. Nick Carr
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Expecting your first baby is wonderful, perplexing and at times downright terrifying. Behind the brave face, a lot of first-time dads can become confused and frustrated, and are often left scratching their heads, wondering why it’s not quite working the way they expected it to. If this is you, relax,...
Young Children Learning Mathematics
A guide for educators and families
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Can young children learn mathematics before school? What ideas and concepts are they capable of learning? How can adults develop a child’s mathematical thinking from birth to five years? Early learning plays a critical role in laying a foundation for later success in schooling. Young children learning...
Numeracy and Learning Difficulties (2nd ed.)
Approaches to Teaching and Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Numeracy and Learning Difficulties provides guidance on how to develop flexible teaching methods and strategies to improve mathematical skills of students. It discusses common areas of learning difficulty in mathematics and looks at ways teachers can determine gaps in students’ knowledge, as well as how to develop curricula and problem-solving strategies to address these gaps.
Reading and Learning Difficulties (2nd ed.)
Approaches to Teaching and Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
The new edition of Peter Westwood’s best-selling Reading and Learning Difficulties addresses recent initiatives around the teaching of reading, the value of a phonics-based approach, and international research around literacy teaching, learning and pedagogy. It presents evidence-based methods for...
Young People
Crosscultural views and futures
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Young People: Cross-cultural views and futures is designed to highlight student voices from multiple perspectives and diverse socio-cultural contexts. Young people have lived all their lives with personal connectivity. Their mobile digital devices provide a steady stream of information anytime and...
Live, Love and Learn
How Young Children Learn to Speak, Read & Write through Everyday Life with You
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In the first six years of life, children are learning to listen, speak, read and write, in contexts that are increasingly mediated through technology. Learning in home and community contexts occurs through everyday interactions between children, and between children and adults. The aims of this book...
University Teaching in Focus
A Learning-Centred Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
University Teaching in Focus provides a foundational springboard for early career academics preparing to teach in universities. Focusing on four critical areas — Teaching, Curriculum, Students, and Quality and Leadership, this succinct resource offers university teachers a straightforward approach...
by Dinham, Stephen
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
The core purpose of schools and educators must be the successful facilitation of teaching and learning and to do this effectively, teachers must also be leaders. In Leading Learning and Teaching, Stephen Dinham follows up the success of How to Get Your School Moving and Improving with an authoritative,...
The Alignment Premium
Benchmarking Australia’s Student Achievement, Professional Autonomy and System Adaptivity
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
It is time for a new narrative on schools in Australia. The Alignment Premium proposes its major features. Analysis of approaches in 13 countries, including most of the world’s top-performers, provides 15 benchmarks against which Australia’s performance is assessed. Findings include:- Alignment...
In the Beginning
The brain, early development and learning
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In the Beginning: The brain, early development and learning explores, synthesises and distils current knowledge of child development at the nexus of neuro-scientific discovery. The book’s premise that the brain has a remarkable capacity to change is underpinned by extensive empirical research. With...
by Vivien Millane
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The essential reference for every Australian teacher - further revised and updated. This indispensable pocket-sized resource guides primary and secondary school teachers through the many complex legal issues that arise in the school environment. Covering the key topics from bullying to intellectual...
by Kathryn Glasswell, Lindsey Judd, Willemina Mostert
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This book is about reading: how to assess it, how to teach it and how to build teacher capacity to do both of those things well.Powerful Practices for Reading Comprehension shares and unpacks a wealth of tools for innovative classroom reading instruction, building teacher knowledge, and enhancing...
by Esther Chang
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A sensitive, direct and highly accessible insight into the complexities and challenges that a diagnosis of dementia presents. Contributors represent academics, practicing nurses, aged care professionals and family advocates. Living with Dementia offers evidence-based research, supported by clear learning...