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A practical guide to teaching philosophical thinking through play, questioning and dialogic activities to develop children's deeper understanding of life's big questions. It enables practitioners of children aged 3-11 to turn their classrooms into spaces where thinking, challenging and reasoning become as natural as play.

Featuring more than 200 entries written by an international roster of experts, this work is the most authoritative and accessible source available for educators, researchers, and students seeking an understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth.

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The story of the University of South Australia is one of the most successful of the Dawkins changes. After a shaky start its rapid rise to prominence in South Australia and beyond allows it to be truly seen as a new kid on the block in Australian higher education.

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A collection of essays on creative practice-as-research that have emerged from a series of partnerships and graduate forums, particularly in the context of expanded disciplinary practices. The emphasis of the collection is distinctly interdisciplinary and methodological, with the essays developing discussion on how theory and practice connect to activate research.

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Where is Australian schooling headed What forces will shape its future direction How ready are students, teachers, policy makers and education institutions for the challenges being thrust on them In this edited collection, these questions are addressed by some of Australia's leading education researchers, practitioners and policy entrepreneurs.

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Governments expect both too much and too little of higher education, and its contribution to the common good is being eroded. Yet universities are much much more than factories for graduate earnings. Higher Education and the Common Good argues that this sector has a key role in rebuilding social solidarity and mobility in fractured societies.

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A fun, accessible and practical guide on how to get the most out of your studying and love the quest for knowledge again.

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The Dawkins reforms of the late 1980s and the creation of the Unified National System roused passions at many universities across Australia over fears for the academic enterprise and the system of free, public university education. This volume tells the story of the Dawkins reforms at Australia's oldest university, the University of Sydney.

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Fifty percent of teachers today say they want to leave the profession; for a good while, Jennifer Nelson was one of them. But as a single mother who needed a steady job, she had to make teaching workand gradually, she learned what it took to make the classroom a place where both she and her students could thrive.

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Noel Pearson argues that nothing is more crucial to future success than a proper education, and that too many in our society are being left behind. He also looks critically at some of the most difficult and controversial issues. Does education for the many mean a lowering of overall standards Can one teach empowerment

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Looking for a job Don't know where to start This book helps you learn how to: write a CV and covering letter; contact employers and recruitment agencies; manage your personal finances; act professionally in a work environment; and most important of all: find a job you love, and keep it.

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"6 full-length practice tests -- Proven techniques for success -- Complete content review -- Premium online extras"--Cover

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Suitable for ages 7-9, this work combines hands-on learning with trivia, jokes, riddles, and illustrations. The chapters start with the "tools" of science - the scientific method and how to keep a science journal - and investigate the winter constellations, long nights and shadows, animal tracking in snow, and food-gathering behaviour in birds.

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"Complete preparation for issuing or taking a flight review including both the ground and flight requirements."

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"Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute 'Poets in the world' series editor Ilya Kaminsky."

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By equipping teachers with the tools they need to communicate effectively with colleagues, parents, and administrators, this handbook prepares them to deal successfully with and understand the dynamics of a variety of work-related situations.

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