Library news for the School of Education

It's a great idea for pre-service teachers to keep up to date with Australian children's literature. Children's literature can be used across the curriculum and picture books in particular are great for engaging children whilst extending, challenging or focusing their thinking on a range of topics and issues.  Have a look at an article by Kelly Booker for more on using picture books to inspire and empower readers and writers in the upper primary classroom. At RMIT Library, we ensure we have all the shortlisted books from the current year Children's Book Council Awards in the collection.  These books often have teaching notes accompanying them on the publishers website, so are excellent resources in the classroom.  We currently have a display featuring this years shortlist. Also, we have started purchasing some educational toys for borrowing.  These will be available to take out on placement or use for your research and assignments.  Below are some picture...

For those with an interest in History or for our RMIT preservice teachers learning about teaching Australian History, this event may be for you.  Presented by our wonderful State Library of Victoria How do we relate to history today? Is history relevant still relevant in our cities, our institutions and our communities?  Hear our expert panel of professional historians tackle some of the challenges of contemporary history practice and consider what it might look like in the future.  Speakers Chair: Associate Professor Seamus O'Hanlon , Monash University  Prof Andrew May , School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne Chris Johnston , founding director of Context Pty Ltd Dr Lisa Murray , city historian, City of Sydney Bookings required.