New publications

The Next Step 2007 report documents the results of the third state-wide survey of the destinations of students from government and non-government schools across Queensland who completed Year 12 in 2006. The survey results show the initial study and work destinations of young people after completing school. Of the Year 12 completers 93.0 per cent were studying or in paid employment, 63.6 per cent continued in some recognised form of education and training in the year after they left school, 36.5 per cent were undertaking a university degree, and 27.1 per cent were studying vocational education and training. Approximately one in three did not enter post-school education or training and were either employed (29.3 per cent) or looking for work (5.3 per cent), or not working, not seeking work or not studying (1.8 per cent). (Adapted from Executive Summary)

Debates about the teaching of reading and particularly which phonics method teachers should use have been simmering for many years. This book offers critical perspectives on the teaching of reading and phonics, openly challenging contemporary policy in both England and the USA. Each chapter explores the processes involved as children engage in reading from their interactions with texts in the very earliest stages through to the primary phase. The book draws on both research and theory, and combines academic perspectives with the insights of parents and practitioners. Adapted from publisher's description.

Advertising is one of the most prominent, powerful and ubiquitous contemporary uses of language. The study of advertising brings together many of the key social and political issues of our time: the new capitalism; globalisation; overconsumption and the environment; cultural and individual identities; and the communications revolution. It provides insight into the ideologies and values of contemporary societies. This new four-volume Routledge Major Work brings together for the first time the most seminal and controversial works in advertising discourse analysis, allowing users to obtain a wide and inclusive view of the topic. Adapted from publisher's description; also available via DA Direct.

Although cooperative learning is widely endorsed as a pedagogical practice that promotes learning and socialisation among students, teachers still struggle with how to introduce it in their classrooms. This text highlights the strategies teachers can use to challenge student thinking and scaffold their learning, as well as the strategies students can be taught to promote discourse, problem-solving and learning during cooperative learning. The book links theory with practice through numerous case studies and small group exercises and incorporates the latest research on cooperative learning. Adapted from publisher's description.

This volume broadens educational research in North America by introducing a comprehensive dialogue between eastern and western philosophies and perspectives on the subject of curriculum theory and practice. By introducing eastern perspectives, this book questions assumptions in western educational thought about the foundations of teaching and learning, curriculum theory, educational policy and educational issues such as teaching for social justice, service-learning initiatives, human rights and environmental education and the teaching of content area subjects. Adapted from publisher's description.

This resource provides instructional designers with the guidance they need to meet the challenge of creating effective and efficient instruction. Maintaining a balance between theory and application, the Fifth Edition presents an approach to instructional design that is designed to be applied to K–12 classrooms, higher education, distance education and business programs. The authors incorporate behavioural and cognitive approaches in their model so that readers can reap the benefits of both. The book includes chapters on Learner and Contextual Analysis, Task Analysis, Sequencing, and Evaluation. Adapted from publisher's description.