Educationblog@CSU Library

Closure of the Education Blog@CSU Library

noreply@blogger.com (Hanne - Faculty Librarian) — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:49:00 +0000

In 2008 the Library started the Education Blog@CSU Library as a trial. However we have decided to stop the producing the blog and instead alert our users to alternative current awareness services in education:

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) produces statistics on a wide range of topics. The following pages might be of interest:
Topics @ a Glance
- Education and Training
- ABS Education Services
You can subscribe to new releases through ABS Email Notification Service or through ABS RSS Feeds.

Australian Policy Online is a news service specialising in Australian public policy reports and articles from academic research centres, think tanks, government and non-government organisations. The site features opinion and commentary pieces, video, audio and web resources focused on the policy issues facing Australia. APO offers easy access to much of the best Australian social, economic, cultural and political research available online. Reports and other new material can be browsed within 10 broad subject areas - Creative Economy, Economics, Education, Environment and Planning, Health, Indigenous, International, Justice, Politics and Social Policy- along with over 100 subtopic categories.
You can subscribe to APO either through email or RSS feeds.

Further help and assistance:
We in the CSU Library will be happy to help you subscribe to any of these services. Please contact a Faculty Liaison Librarian for help or assistance.

Wired Science

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:45:00 +0000

In this (US based) web guide, educators can learn about different types of assessment and view examples of assessments from many different science instructional materials. This guide is organized into three sections: Elementary Assessments (K–5), Middle School Assessments (6–8), and High School Assessments (9–12). For more see this website

It was twenty years ago today...

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:07:00 +0000

Twenty years on, family income still determines educational success. The latest data from the Brotherhood of St Laurence’s Life Chances Study indicates that reduced family income remains a major barrier to social inclusion in education. Link to the full report from here

Yada yada yada....

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:38:00 +0000

Less talk from parents can encourage more speech from children, study shows: A University of Sydney study has found children with well below average language skills performed almost as well as their normally developing peers just four months after their parents made a few simple changes in the way they interacted with them. Read more here

Preschool Education in Australia

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:36:00 +0000

Early childhood education (ECE) in Australia will soon experience a ‘radical makeover.’ In 2008, all Australian governments made a commitment through the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) that by 2013, all children in the year before formal schooling will have access to high quality early childhood education programs delivered by degree qualified early childhood teachers, for 15 hours per week, 40 weeks of the year, in public, private and community-based preschools and child care. Link to the the full report from here

Technical problems (or Karmic backlash)?

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:29:00 +0000

My School website faces tech problem: Education Minister Julia Gillard claims that parents hungry for information on schools caused a meltdown of the controversial website - read the full article here

In league with Lou C Pher?

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:59:00 +0000

Teachers have voted unanimously to boycott national literacy and numeracy tests in May, in a protest against the creation of school league tables - read more here

Teach your children well....a heartfelt plea to academics and teachers..

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:06:00 +0000

A while ago in this blog I lamented the misuse of the humble apostrophe. This time, it's the mispronunciation of the letter 'aitch' - yes, aitch as in 'H'. NOT "Haitch" as many, many people seem to think!

So, does the Yo-yo man/apostrophe man referred to in my post about apostrophes need to become the 'Aitch'-man too? Call me a "bloggerbilly rebel" if you want (or a nerd, if you must) but I think that we should make sure that the components of our language are properly pronounced!

So, where to from here? All early childhood education teachers, all middle school teachers, all academics, all speech pathology students, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers let us unite and fight - be aware, stem the rising tide of "haitch" before it's too late!

Literacy learning sounds like magic

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:08:00 +0000

A program that has improved literacy outcomes for Canadian Indigenous children is now working for Northern Territory kids. Read more about the program here

Touching the future: building skills for life and work

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:02:00 +0000

This edition of Australian Education Review explores the goals of Australian education and of how schools should prepare young people for work and life.

Naplan's OUT for Summer

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:42:00 +0000

Last Friday, Julia Gillard, welcomed the release of the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) detailed report. The report provides clear and detailed information about how Australian students are performing in the critical skills of literacy and numeracy. Check it out here

VET proves productive

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:00:00 +0000

A report by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) that shows nearly three-quarters of job seekers who have joined the Australian Government’s $2 billion investment in training through the Productivity Places Program (PPP) have gained employment or have continued with their studies. Read the full report here

Governments continue support for Reading Writing Hotline

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:35:00 +0000

The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, yesterday welcomed the decision to fund the Reading Writing Hotline in 2010. The Hotline is a national information, counselling and referral service for callers who need help to connect with language, literacy and numeracy services in their area. Read the full media release here

Block 'n' tackle web 2.0?

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:05:00 +0000

This report focuses on identifying and overcoming the barriers associated with current site blocking practices in schools with regards to Web 2.0 services such as social networking, video sharing, blogs and wikis and popular sites such as YouTube, Facebook and Wikipedia.

Comments sought on Indigenous Education Action Plan

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:41:00 +0000

Ministers for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs are calling for submissions on a draft national Indigenous education action plan that is designed to improve educational outcomes for Indigenous students. Read more here

Funding boost helps low-SES higher education student places

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:02:00 +0000

Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today released draft guidelines to boost participation in higher education and a discussion paper on the best approach to defining and measuring socio-economic status of students. Read the media release here

Transformers: more than meets the (funding) eye

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:41:00 +0000

The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, has released the discussion paper which invites Universities to comment on the Government’s plans to link higher education funding to University performance. Access the paper from here

Early vocational education and training programs for young Aboriginal learners

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:10:00 +0000

The perceptions of students, school and TAFE staff involved in V Tracks, an early intervention program for Aboriginal school students are explored in this paper.

Why academia is no longer a smart choice.

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:21:00 +0000

With up to half of all teaching now done by casually employed staff with little institutional support, Australian universities are facing an unprecedented crisis. Read the full article

New Standards for Early Childhood Education and Care across Australia

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:01:00 +0000

The Council of Australian Governments meeting has agreed on new compulsory national standards for child care and early childhood education services. Read the media release here

International student review interim report released

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:55:00 +0000

The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today welcomed the release of the Baird Review interim report on the legislation that governs international education in Australia and thanked Mr Baird for his work so far. Read the press release here

Simply the best, better than all the rest...

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:48:00 +0000

The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, and the Victorian Minister for Education, Bronwyn Pike, today congratulated the first 45 high achieving university graduates selected to Teach for Australia. Read the media release here

Mandarin anyone?

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:08:00 +0000

From next year, four New South Wales primary schools will take part in the State's new Bilingual Schools Program, under which a range of subject areas will be conducted in Mandarin, Korean, Japanese or Indonesian. The program will be offered as an option alongside the traditional curriculum. Read the full article here

Easy as ABC?

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:05:00 +0000

This Senate report discusses a range of issues salient to the provision, funding, planning and oversight of childcare services. The lessons from the growth and ultimate collapse of ABC Learning are described as are the changing funding policies of various governments.

ACER serving

noreply@blogger.com (Tric - Information and Liaison Librarian) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:36:00 +0000

The conference papers from the 2009 ACER research conference titled "Assessment and student learning: collecting, interpreting and using data to inform teaching" are now available online