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The Melbourne Education Research Institute (MERI) is a leader in the creation of evidence based educational products and services. The Institute through its various academic centre's publish and disseminate materials ranging from printed media to multimedia learning tools to diversity dolls. Many of these educational products are already in use in the teaching programs of the Graduate School of Education including the Graduate Diploma of Education and the Bachelor of Education (Primary). All our products are available for purchase by teachers, schools, industry partners and community organisations and can be used in teaching or research. The academic staff of the Graduate School of Education are active in publishing books on a wide variety of topics, some of these books are listed on this site.

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Our Multimedia Products Go Global!

Two successful software products were showcased in January at a global educational technology show in London. BETT, which is the world's leading information and communication technology (ICT) exhibition, runs annually over four days and attracts more than 600 educational suppliers and 27,000 visitors from the global teaching and learning community.

Joining this year's event was Research Fellow, Brad Shrimpton who presented a session based on BUILT (Building Understandings in Language and Literacy), a multimedia courseware product developed by Dr Kristina Love, Keith Pigdon, Graeme Baker and Dr Julie Hamston. Brad is the co-author of the CD ROM: No Way, Which Way? and Talking to Learn, Learning to Talk. BUILT is rapidly gaining popularity as a professional development tool for practicing teachers. The software is well established in Australia and has made its mark as far a field as the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The product is currently the University's most successful multimedia package.

Brenda Dalheim, from the Melbourne Catholic Education Office and Honorary Fellow with the Graduate School also presented at BETT in a session based on the CD ROM and website, Literacy Intervention Studies. The resource was developed by Dr John Munro from the Graduate School and is the outcome of a joint research project between the University of Melbourne and the Catholic Education Office. The CD ROM and website provides teachers extensive teaching materials for students with reading disabilities and has been developed, researched and trialed in Catholic schools across Melbourne.

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Unless it is indicated otherwise, all multimedia applications can be purchased via the e-showcase website. The books of our academic staff can be purchased on campus or online at the Melbourne University Bookshop.

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A new approach to developing teaching and learning resources that promotes equity in the curriculum for young children. This CD ROM introduces students and practitioners to ways of thinking about and practicing equity in early childhood services through text, graphics, audio and video clips. It provides information for those just beginning their equity work and resources for those whose journey towards equity in their practices is further advanced. A must for students, trainers and practitioners who want to critically reflect on equity issues of culture, ethnicity, 'race' and gender in their daily practices.

To order a copy online or email Anna Ng for further information.

BUILT (3rd Edition) comprises a comprehensive set of classroom-based video clips, transcripts, literacy materials, interactive exercises, animations, reflective tasks, definitions and bibliographies to make it a valuable professional developement resource.

Click! caters for the K-6 teacher who wants to integrate technology into their teaching practice to enhance teaching and learning in all curriculum areas. The time constraints faced by teachers have been kept firmly in mind during the design of this resource. You access the three main sections using a web browser. K-6 teachers from over 20 schools show you how they have used technology in 30 case studies easily adaptable to your classroom. Included are examples of student work and lesson plans. In the Professional Development Modules, experts across a wide range of areas provide insights to enhance the use of technology in your teaching. In the Virtual Classroom (60 minutes of video) pan and zoom through three real classrooms, watching students work. Coupled with the 'teacher talks' segment, this is a powerful and unique learning opportunity. This CD-ROM has now been licensed to the Singapore Ministry of Education for use in its teacher professional development program.

The CD-ROM supports the teaching of number and arithmetic from early primary into junior secondary years. It explains the important mathematical principles underlying the subject and demonstrates how these can be explained to students and shows both expert performance and intermediate stages. The CD has text, extensive graphics, slide shows and small movies demonstrating solution methods of various stages of sophistication.This CD-ROM has now been licensed to the Singapore Ministry of Education for use in its teacher professional development program.

Topics include:

• whole numbers meaning and models;
• fractions Key Ideas;
• decimals operations;
• negative numbers teaching connections;
• measurement quiz and answers; and
• percent, ratio and rates.

About the Author

Kyla Marston has been involved in the development of three successful multimedia CD-ROMs and various related web sites. Kyla's research interests focus on how multimedia is used and can be used by both teachers and students in mathematics education setting.

Computers and the K-6 Classroom is an exciting resource kit of information, activities and research material for both aspiring and practicing teachers. You will see some examples of just what "Kids Can Do" with computer technology when it has been introduced across the curriculum in meaningful ways.

Choose from a number of different pathways using a wide range of HTML-based material that you can read in a web-browser. View lecture notes organised by topic. Or go directly to the workshop and homework activities, particularly useful to teachers wanting valuable 'hands on' activities. The reading materials section presents an indexed listing of papers and articles for broader reading and more detailed research. It is organised by topic and also by author. Samples of work by teachers and students which range from the beginners stage through to the advanced stage are included. The virtual Classrooms section offers the opportunity to view and review various cases in classrooms where technology is being used effectively. View the interaction between students, teachers and computers and listen to some of the insights in the Teacher Talks segment. Each video clip has been included for a specific reason. Ideally, the video clips acts as a catalyst for discussion, a starting point for some analysis and reflection.

This set of resources for student teachers enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Primary) course in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne.

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LILT consists of 37 video clips of unrehearsed, regular classes of Italian and ESL, grouped into four sets. Two of the sets follow a whole class period from start to finish. The other two sets present specific techniques and processes used for managing some of the most common tasks in language teaching. The material has been selected to be complementary, combining to present at least one way of tackling a range of interactions and tasks in two different kinds of language program: one a content-based, immersion approach, the other a structured communicative approach. LILT presents teaching and learning as a social practice. The video clips and the questions and observations provided with each clip direct attention to the teacher in relation to (i) the language, (ii) the students, and (iii) the behavioural and learning standards of the school. The notion of a lesson in LILT is not the notion of something to be copied, but the notion of an event or story - an example - that we can draw encouragement and ideas from. Thus the practice shown in the videos is not presented as ideal or model, but as a stimulus to develop your thinking about language teaching, creativity in designing language learning activities and flexibility and affective engagement in work with students.

This CDROM equips teachers at the primary and secondary levels with knowledge and skills necessary to assist students who have a specific literacy learning difficulty. The framework is used to develop assessment and diagnostic procedures and to implement effective teaching procedures that can be used both in regular classes and in small group and individual teaching.

This CDROM provides information for educators and parents. It offers classroom and teaching strategies and features video footage and real stories from those affected, providing a deeper understanding of the feelings and experiences of young people living and learning with Tourette syndrome. Video clips of teacher facilitated discussions and interviews with teachers and students provide insights into how the meaning of a text is socially constructed and mediated through dialogic talk. Specific discourse features are identified to guide the viewer, and open-ended questions are used to encourage critical reflection. Each unit has a specific focus, such as developing questioning strategies and building and applying discussion skills, and concludes with some professional development activities.

QuILT is for aspiring or practising teachers who want to develop their conceptions of learning and teaching and to improve their classroom practices. The program is based on the metaphor of constructing a patchwork quilt, and allows the user to develop own personal conceptions of quality in learning and teaching.

PARIS is used in the Graduate School of Education postgraduate courses of assessment. PARIS aims to develop specialists who can train others in assessment procedures and practices.

An interactive CD Rom designed to support pre-service and practising primary school teachers to develop small group discussion skills. Video clips of teacher facilitated discussions and interviews with teachers and students to provide insights into how the meaning of a text is socially constructed and mediated through dialogic talk. Specific discourse features are identified to guide the viewer, and open-ended questions are used to encourage critical reflection. Each unit has a specific focus, such as developing questioning strategies and building and applying discussion skills, and concludes with some professional development activities.

This CDROM presents an extraordinarily rich resource for all aspects of teaching about the meaning of decimal numbers. Learning to work confidently with decimals is an important part of numeracy, needed in all walks of life, but difficult to master. This resource explains the mathematical, psychological and pedagogical ideas for effective teaching of this topic. It draws upon extensive research carried out at the University of Melbourne. This CDOM has now been licensed to the Singapore Ministry of Education for use in its teacher professional development program. The CDROM contains:
• six case studies of students
• lessons and photocopy masters
• diagnostic tests and research data
• advice on concrete materials
• mathematics of the decimal place value system

This resource is designed for teacher education students and practising teachers. It aims to show the importance of mental computation in the school curriculum and sets out goals for balancing mental, written and calculator computation. Using subtraction and multiplication as examples, it explains some common strategies for mental computation and how to develop understanding of the written algorithms. This CDOM has now been licensed to the Singapore Ministry of Education for use in its teacher professional development program.

This resource contains:

• detailed descriptions of mental methods used by children;
• Quick Time movies which demonstrate children's mathematical thinking;
• explanations of common errors made by children;
• strategies for teaching written and mental computation;
• mental method classification activities for teachers;
• activities for teacher education students; and
• class worksheets and diagnostic tests for children.

About the Author

Kyla Marston has been involved in the development of three successful multimedia CD-ROMs and various related web sites. Kyla's research interests focus on how multimedia is used and can be used by both teachers and students in mathematics education.

Scaffolding Literacy in the Content Areas is a successor to the highly successful BUILT (Building Understandings in Literacy and Teaching) CD ROM which is used widely in teacher education in both pre-service and professional development contexts throughout Australia and internationally. As a video based DVD 'Scaffolding Literacy' illustrates how teachers in the middle years of schooling work effectively to support good literacy practices across a range of subject areas, including History, Science, Health and Maths. It presumes no specialist knowledge of language, but offers optional tutorials for those willing to learn more about how to use oral and written language to support students' literacy. The DVD is being designed by Kristina Love, Marie Quinn and Graeme Baker and is due for publication in mid 2007.

Publications

These publications are available from most commercial booksellers including the Melbourne University Bookshop.

In this provocative book, Ray Misson and Wendy Morgan, proponents of critical literacy in Australia, develop an understanding of the aesthetic in current poststructuralist terms and the role that the aesthetic might play in a critical literacy classroom.

This is an essential book for the beginning teacher and aims to build awareness of what it is to be a professional in the classroom. This essential reference provides individuals with the chance to define who they are, or might become as they develop unique skills in teaching and learning. The book features stories from experienced and beginning teachers, while leaving room for the reader’s thinking. The book used a narrative framework to indicate cardinal points on the compass of teacher identity drawing a basic map of the professional terrain to be explored.

Keys to Geography is a practical skills package consisting of a book plus CD-ROM, suitable for junior to middle secondary students. Developed by Australia's leading geographers, the contents comprehensively cover all geography skills and tools. The clear, student-friendly method of step-by-step explanation, description, worked examples and activities are supported by an attractive format and page design. The package contains a wealth of current Australian material in the form of maps, graphs, diagrams, photographs and statistics. It includes relevant examples from each state and territory, as well as international examples that have a wide appeal to students. With a CD-ROM, this package integrates the use of information and communication technologies, a crucial component in contemporary geographical research and communication. The CD-ROM includes resources for activities in the book as well as ICT applications and instructions.

For schools to be more inclusive, it is important to focus on how whole schooling approaches of policy, practice and culture are connected and interrelated. This includes a close examination of the learning of the teachers, students and the community. This book aims to support teachers, school leaders and community members to work towards a focusing diversity and inclusivity as key values and resources in improving the quality of schooling. It explores a range of strategies for making schools inclusive.

Looks at how young people shape their lives as they move through their secondary school years and into the world beyond. It explores how they develop dispositions, attitudes, identities, and orientations in modern societies.

Doing drama research is an inviting, reader-friendly yet comprehensive introduction to research, focusing mainly on the approaches most frequently used  in drama education and applied theatre. All aspects of the research experience are systematically outlined and the text is illuminated by many useful and vivid examples and anecdotes. Part A identifies the key issues that must be considered by any researcher, and what excitements and problems they entail. Part B is a practical handbook taking the reader step by step through all the practical aspects and logistics of research.

A critical examination of leadership theories past and present, this book argues that leadership as traditionally understood does not explain organisational functioning. Bounded by empiricist assumptions and methodology, and including a narrow theory of mind as symbol processor, leadership theories are unable to support their claims about leaders and their actions. Drawing on coherent epistemology, connectionism, and the theory of self-organizing dynamic systems, a naturalistic account of organisational functioning and organization design is explored that includes leaders as non-privileged agents in the cognitive fabric of organizational life. This book caters for researchers and students in organisational theory, HR management and educational research.

Morton Deutsch is one of the most distinguished psychologists of our time and has been honoured by his profession with numerous awards. His ideas permeate the boundaries of law, international politics, education, business and industrial relations. Yet today many people working in mediation and conflict resolution remain unaware of his great contributions to social and organisational psychology. His professional life spans the very existence of modern social psychology, beginning with his student days in the New York of 1935, through to his continuing work at the International Centre for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, the influential research and teaching centre he founded.

This book is intended for a range of audiences and will be of particular interest to pre-service and beginning teachers, teacher educators, researchers and policy makers. This book reviews literature on authentic assessment in the context of Australian education over the last twenty years. It examines such as the practices advocated for beginning teachers as assessors of students and the key issue of authentic assessment of teachers themselves. It highlights the crucial areas of teacher identity and professionalism as a source of such pressing problems as stakeholders.

Describes the experience of leaders at all levels who have achieved success in the transformation of schools. It contains recommendations for policymakers and practitioners who seek a new image of the educational leader in a role that that can be simultaneously challenging and exhilarating.

This book does not try to define leadership, but rather encourages the reader to fulfil that task themselves by learning a little about the life of Australians who have been recognised nationally as aspiring leaders in their fields. Appropriate for both secondary and undergraduate studies, this book presents leadership profiles written by talented young Australians who are already well on their way to their own possible leadership roles. This book is suitable across a range of subjects including Personal Development, English, Pastoral Care, Modern History, and Studies of society.

The Best of Coping is a resilience program for young people aged (13-18), it is aimed at providing a framework for adolescents to develop essential coping skills. It comprises an instructor manual and student workbook for the whole class or individual coaching sessions.

This book is an indispensable companion to existing textbooks on research methodology. It provides a clear and provocative discourse about the banalities and disorderliness in which education researchers have to operate. It explains and critically examines some key debates about the quality and value of education research, and shows how it must meet different demands in different places, times and conditions. A major part of the book provides detailed analyses and guidance to different areas in which education research is judged from academic theses to the press and from highest level competition for prestigious grants to collaborative work with practitioners.

The Youth Research Centre (YRC) was established in response to a recognised need by the youth affairs sector for relevant and up to date research on the issues facing young people today. We are currently making room in our store room for our newer publications. This means we need to reduce stocks of some older reports, so we're offering the following publications at drastically discounted prices. If you are interested in the publications of the centre, visit the YRC site.

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• experience, think about, enjoy and champion diversity;
• share their thinking about cultural and social diversity;
• learn about the diversity of others;
• problem-solve what’s fair and not fair; and
• help to make a better world.

Learn how to use the dolls with hands-on training using sound diversity principles to build histories & stories for the dolls. Based on an anti-bias persona doll and funded by the Australian Research Council, and the Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne.
A manual is included. The doll, CD-ROM, training and telephone support is available in a range of combinations. See order form for details. The doll is only available to those who have undertaken diversity doll training.

The Diversity Doll ethics protocol must be signed and enclosed with the order form.

Diversity Doll Ethics Protocol  (pdf)

Download Order Form (pdf)

Based on anti-bias persona dolls & research funded by the Australian Research Council & the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and Special Interest Grants.
Further information contact Heather Lawrence of the CEIEC.

Coming soon in 2006.

Inspire is an online searchable databank of images, audio and video to inspire innovation and equity in work with young children. INSPIRE enables you to:

• browse the INSPIRE databank via its core categories of innovations in teaching and learning environments and equity issues in teaching and learning.
• Search the INSPIRE databank using keywords or the drop down menus.

The CEIEC is responsible for the maintenance of the site. For queries about the site please contact the CEIEC team.

To enable subscription to INSPIRE you will be required to sign the INSPIRE protocol agreement and forward with the order form.