SOLO Taxonomy and Making Meaning is a series designed to help English teachers to integrate SOLO Taxonomy into their teaching. It introduces how to use SOLO Taxonomy across all junior literature studies and themative studies.Textual literacy is a cognitively demanding activity, requiring students to make meaning of many aspects of a text such as its purpose, audience, ideas, language features and structure. The SOLO Taxonomy and Making Meaning series offers innova...

SOLO Taxonomy is a powerful model of learning that is both easy to use and highly effective in advancing and deepening learning across the curriculum. With A Children’s Guide to SOLO Taxonomy you can introduce children to the fundamentals of this compelling model in an amusing but meaningful way. It follows George’s progress through the five SOLO levels of learning outcomes as he moves from being a scone eater to, ultimately, a scone-making mentor. Full-colour, fun and informative...

Translate “learning how to learn” from a pedagogical principle into everyday classroom practice with this series. SOLO Taxonomy offers a clear, simple and robust way of identifying the level of cognitive complexity of learning intentions and outcomes, and consequently makes feedback and “feed forward” more effective in the learning process; ensuring learning outcomes are visible to teachers, students and parents, alike. Focusing on SOLO Taxonomy’s common language of learning, thi...

Starting school marks a transition in the life of a young learner. The learning ecosystem changes from a place predicated on a developmental approach and "learning through play" to one that introduces achievement objectives and assesses learning outcomes.Many students arrive at school with portfolios from early childhood settings and reports from parents and family affirming they are already "confident, connected, actively involved lifelong learners". They already have knowledge, s...

SOLO Taxonomy and Making Meaning is a series designed to help English teachers to integrate SOLO Taxonomy into their teaching. It introduces how to use SOLO Taxonomy across all junior literature studies and themative studies. Textual literacy is a cognitively demanding activity, requiring students to make meaning of many aspects of a text such as its purpose, audience, ideas, language features and structure. The SOLO Taxonomy and Making Meaning series offers innov...

Translate “learning how to learn” from a pedagogical principle into everyday classroom practice with this series. SOLO Taxonomy offers a clear, simple and robust way of identifying the level of cognitive complexity of learning intentions and outcomes, and consequently makes feedback and “feed forward” more effective in the learning process; ensuring learning outcomes are visible to teachers, students and parents, alike. This book sets out a differentiated curriculum model that pl...

In this volume scholars from around the world focus on how a Bourdieusian stance can enable a powerful socicultural and cultural analysis of literacy education theory and practice and serve as an effective tool in analyzing relations of hierarchy and domination. Although there has been a growing body of Bourdieusian-inspired research in various sectors of education, this book is the first to present both theoretical and practical articulation of his ideas in the field of literacy education...

Bringing Words to Life has enlivened the classrooms of hundreds of thousands of teachers. Responding to readers' success stories, practical questions, and requests for extended examples, this ideal volume builds on the groundbreaking work of Bringing Words to Life. The authors present additional tools, tips, and detailed explanations of such questions as which words to teach, when and how to teach them, and how to adapt instruction for English language le...

Through stories of youth using their many voices in and out of school to explore and express their ideas about the world, this book brings to the forefront the reality of lived literacy experiences of adolescents in today’s culture in which literacy practices reflect important cultural messages about the interplay of local and global civic engagement. The focus is on three areas of youth civic engagement and cultural critique: homelessness, violence, and performing adolescence. The authors...

Despite the best efforts of educators, our nation's schools are dangerously obsolete. Instead of teaching students to be critical thinkers and problem-solvers, we are asking them to memorize facts for multiple choice tests. This problem isn't limited to low-income school districts: even our top schools aren't teaching or testing the skills that matter most in the global knowledge economy. Our teens leave school equipped to work only in the kinds of jobs that are fast disappearing from the ...

Alex considers herself the ultimate romantic, and Valentine's Day is her favourite day of the year - until her boyfriend chooses that day to break up with her.Heartbroken and angry, Alex swears off guys. But that's easier said than done when she keeps bumping into smart and sexy Sean. After all - there's no such thing as fate... right?

What is knowledge? Who decides what is important? Who owns it? These are central themes that run through this title that aims to change perceptions and understanding of education. Using historical and contemporary examples, the authors examine the motivations, conflicts, and contradictions in education. In breaking down the structures, forces, and technologies involved they show how alternative approaches can emerge.Dr. Adam Unwin is Senior Lecturer in Business and...