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Reading Diets of Two Youths from differing worlds (Michelle Nye)
Reading for enjoyment is often lost in the senior years of education due to the demands of higher study. I have been completing some of my Situational Professional Practice (SPP) in order to complete...
View ArticlePublic Libraries Rock! (Megan)
I recently completed my SPP prac in my local public library, as I don’t have access to a school library this year. So I am going to do this post on the current spaces offered for young people at one...
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It’s Just a Game (Megan)
One of the best examples of popular culture being successfully integrated into the school curriculum that I have seen, was a Year Ten English unit called It’s Just a Game. The unit explored the history...
View ArticleApps in Education (Megan)
I’m not one of those people who camp outside computer stores waiting for the latest technology gismo to be released. However, last year when my school made a bulk purchase of iPads, to be paid off...
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Reading the Game (Sharon)
Is there a greater gulf than that which separates the school librarian and the reading-adverse male adolescent? What hope is there when the school librarian (as this survey shows) is regarded as...
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The Hunger for Reading (Michelle Nye)
Working in a school where a Collection Policy that includes reference to the Fantasy and Literature Policy made adding “The Hunger Games” a challenging choice that I am proud to have made successfully....
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Accessible or not (Therese)
I visited my local library in person and online to get a feel for similarities and differences between my school library and my local. I love entering library spaces and comparing with what I know....
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What are young people reading and what does that mean for the school...
I have been spending some of my SPP time at the school that I am on leave from and when I wanted to find a few students to interview regarding what they are reading this is where I turned. When I was...
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Reviewing a popular picture book…(Ryan)
When I was completing my SPP I asked my mentor TL which picture books were popular with students – a large pile of these books were compiled and given to me. When I had some time I read the books she...
View ArticleThe possibilities and challenges of popular culture artefact selection…(Ryan)
Popular culture artefacts are those things we regularly consume – texts, films, video games, YouTube clips, popular music, perhaps even Internet usage or ‘web surfing’ itself, and board games, these...
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