Some of the world's best children's book artists got together to help Amnesty International celebrate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights' 60th anniversary in "We Are All Born Free," one of the 42 titles recommended by the fourth annual United States Board on Books for Young People's (USBBY) Outstanding International Books…

Purpose: The purpose of this document is to provide an annotated bibliography on best practices for late entry learners into college academic upgrading programs. It is intended for practitioners, administrators, and researchers and others with an interest in this field. Method: This annotated bibliography synthesizes sources related to late entry…

This bibliography was compiled for The Centre for Literacy's 2007 Summer Institute--"Libraries and Literacy: Making It Work." The literature represented here includes research studies, descriptive articles, guides and manuals. Selections address the principles, "best practices" and assessment of library involvement in literacy…

This bibliography, compiled for the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless, lists Australian works published since 1974 about homelessness. It includes definitions of homelessness from the literature and an introductory article looking at different perspectives on homelessness. The entries, mainly taken from FAMILY database, are each…

Annotated bibliographies of 238 education theses for masters and doctoral degrees in Australia for 1982 are presented. Included for each thesis are the author, title, date, abstract, index terms, the degree for which the thesis was submitted, and the awarding institution. A subject and author index is also included. The index terms or descriptors…

This book is an annotated bibliography of 171 doctoral dissertations completed at U.S., Canadian, and some European universities on all aspects and all levels of education in Australia and New Zealand. It is the nineteenth in a series which covers most world areas and major countries. Each entry contains the author's name; doctoral degree earned;…

This bibliography cites and summarizes theoretically grounded reports of research and discussions of central issues in second- and foreign-language writing and writing instruction that have become available during the period of April 1, 1995 through July 31, 1995. Categories include writers, processes, texts, audience/assessment, contexts,…

Annotates 26 publications from the Australian Government Publishing Service. Major subject areas include legislation, government operations, and international affairs. Discussion includes the three main political events of the year and three resulting reports. (KRN)

Fifteen Australian government publications are annotated, excluding publications of state, territory, or local authorities. The accelerating drive of the federal cabinet policies for commercialization of government publishing, as well as other policies that are reducing public access to government information, are briefly discussed. (LRW)

This bibliography was compiled for the 2006 Summer Institute at The Centre for Literacy-"Accountability and Public Trust: Restoring the Balance." The selections include lectures, research studies, policy papers, and government documents that describe and analyze recent concepts of accountability in the context of government funding in…

Intended for parents as well as people working in the early childhood education field, this annotated bibliography contains 73 publications of primarily New Zealand and Australian origin on parent support. The first section lists materials especially for persons working with parents in the community. The second section lists 12 articles by Douglas…

This bibliography was compiled for The Centre for Literacy's 2004 Summer Institute: "Adult Basic Education: Impact of Policy on Practice: International Perspectives". The references and annotations point to relevant research studies, advocacy papers, and government documents that describe and discuss the role that policy plays in shaping…

Provides teachers with resources to give their Australian studies an authentic and balanced literature base. Presents a kaleidoscope of over 50 potential literary experiences for young readers from Australia's cultural body of works across style, genre, and subject matter that is enjoying a growing international reputation for the flair,…

This bibliography lists 78 documents in English and 7 in Swedish on the subject of open plan secondary schools. These documents are not annotated individually, but are discussed in a text that is divided into ten major subject areas: Theory, Buildings, Staffing, Scotland, England, International, U.S.A., Canada, Sweden, and Australia. Each of these…

This digest provides annotated bibliographies of articles published in THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE TEACHERS' JOURNAL from May 1955 to December 1973. Subjects included are: the place of science in the curriculum, scientific literacy, organization of science programs, current general science courses, current junior science courses, current senior science…