This paper provides a description of practice outlining changes made to English assessment structures for the purpose of facilitating improved teaching and learning. These changes, which included marking, feedback, reporting, and the evaluation of the efficacy of teaching, were implemented across Years 7 to 10 English classes in an independent…

"Higher Education Research & Development" ("HERD") was established to address a perceived gap in higher education publishing: research of interest to practitioners that was engagingly written. After 30 years of contributing to the field, "HERD" has constructed a unique position for itself among higher education…

Examines the genre of Australian children's picture books. Highlights include picture books, picture story books, and illustrated books; historical treatment; reviewing picture books; age range; complementarity of text and pictures; narrative element; communication; audience; and the integrated whole. (LRW)

In a series of workshops, a women's writing group published books with sophisticated design and graphics aimed at an audience beyond the group itself. The value was not in publishing per se, but in learning, confidence, achievement of educational objectives, and relationships generated with the wider community. (SK)

The authors describe ethical issues they have encountered when teachers develop narratives about their own practice and then again when these narratives are later explored using drama techniques. Specifically, they look at the developmental process itself, both in the creation of the original narrative and the subsequent creation of a dramatic…