Are Humans Wild at Heart? And Other Epic English Projects for Years 9–10
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This book has been designed to support you as you begin experimenting with Project Based Learning (PBL) in your English classroom. Trying out something new in the classroom is always a daunting experience because feedback on success or failure is immediate. The great thing about PBL is that it is creative for both the teacher and the student, and that means that experimentation, and sometimes failure, is a natural part of the process. The methodology of PBL is relevant to areas other than English – it can be used in a range of subjects, with many projects actually integrating more than one subject across the curriculum.
This book has been structured into three distinct parts, designed to help you feel supported in your PBL journey.
PART ONE: The What, Why and How of Project Based LearningThe first part of the book provides you with some background information about the nature and purpose of PBL, as well as outlining key strategies to ensure a successful and enjoyable learning experience for you and your students. This section also includes a discussion of how assessment works in PBL, as well as the relationship between PBL and the Australian Curriculum’s General Capabilities.
PART TWO: Sample ProjectsThe second part of the book provides you with a selection of sample projects suitable for students in Years 9 and 10. You will be pleasantly surprised that a lot of the activities in this section look familiar – that’s because PBL is about taking the best teaching strategies and re-purposing them. The difference with PBL is that it empowers students to see a purpose for their learning beyond the classroom and to feel confident that they know where they are headed while they move through the project process.
PART THREE: Additional ResourcesThe third part of the book is full of extra resources to help you design and run your own engaging projects for your English classes.
Architect
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an architect?
In this book from the Real People, Real Careers series, we follow Gerard on his journey from student to owner of two architecture businesses. On the way, you’ll read all about what Gerard does each day, see pictures of his creations, and learn some interesting facts about his job as well as key terms that will help you to better understand the world of work.
Engineer
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a engineer?
In this book from the Real People, Real Careers series, we follow Donna on her journey from trade assistant to LAME (Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer). On the way, you’ll read all about what Donna does each day, see pictures of the aircraft hanger where she works, and learn some interesting facts about her job as well as key terms that will help you to better understand the world of work.
Teacher
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a teacher?
In this book from the Real People, Real Careers series, we follow Sarah on her journey from private nanny to kindergarten teacher-in-charge. On the way, you’ll read all about what Sarah does each day, see pictures of the early learning centre where she works, and learn some interesting facts about her job as well as key terms that will help you to better understand the world of work.
Bank Manager
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a bank manager?
In this book from the Real People, Real Careers series, we follow Joe on his journey from bank teller to branch manager. On the way, you’ll read all about what Joe does each day, see pictures of his office, and learn some interesting facts about his job as well as key terms that will help you to better understand the world of work.
Optometrist
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an optometrist?
In this book from the Real People, Real Careers series, we follow Joe on his journey from recent migrant to qualified optometrist. On the way, you’ll read all about what Joe does each day, see pictures of the clinic where he examines patients, and learn some interesting facts about his job as well as key terms that will help you to better understand the world of work.
Hair Stylist
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a hair stylist?
In this book from the Real People, Real Careers series, we follow Lisa on her journey from apprenticeship to salon owner. On the way, you’ll read all about what Lisa does each day, see pictures of her place of work, and learn some interesting facts about her job as well as key terms that will help you to better understand the world of work.
Librarian
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a librarian?
In this book from the Real People, Real Careers series, we follow Jessica on her journey from a Customer Service Officer in a library to a Children's Librarian. On the way, you’ll read all about what Jessica does each day, see pictures of her place of work, and learn some interesting facts about her job as well as key terms that will help you to better understand the world of work.
Equine Carer
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an equine carer?
In this book from the Real People, Real Careers series, we follow Sam on her journey from after-school employee to self-employed equine carer and services provider. On the way, you’ll read all about what Sam does each day, see pictures of the places where she works, and learn some interesting facts about her job as well as key terms that will help you to better understand the world of work.
Web Designer
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a web designer?
In this book from the Real People, Real Careers series, we follow Nick on his journey from high school student to self-employed web designer. On the way, you’ll read all about what Nick does each day, see pictures of his home office, and learn some interesting facts about his job as well as key terms that will help you to better understand the world of work.
The Thinking School
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Thinking tools are the strategies or scaffolding through which students can access the curriculum. They can be defined as artificial devices that have been developed specifically to improve children’s thinking by:
focusing their attention (visually) on an issue that needs to be resolved
offering immediate feedback through seeing their ideas on paper
seeing the big picture
making new connections
analysing complex situations
explaining relationships between concepts
developing new thinking skills
producing a larger number of possible solutions
making informed choices
constructing new knowledge
creating new ideas and products.
In this exciting resource, author Ralph Pirozzo offers an introduction to teachers to the world of thinking tools, covering a range of different tools for different tasks, and directing teachers as to how to choose the most appropriate tool for each. Transform your school into a thinking school with this helpful guide.
Improving Thinking in the Classroom
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Improving thinking in the classroom does not have to be difficult. This book, Improving Thinking in the Classroom, provides teachers with useful and practical strategies that will enable them to provide all their children with the most engaging, exciting and challenging learning environment.
Teachers can achieve this most noble goal by:
building depth and rigour using Bloom’s taxonomy
engaging students with multiple intelligences
transferring the knowledge to the real world.
Engagement, depth and rigour are essential characteristics of a curriculum that will motivate and interest students. This means challenging, meaningful and relevant activities that make the classroom an active centre of learning.
Dare to Think!
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In an age of artificial intelligence, standardised testing and information overload, the ability to think – truly think – has never been more important or more neglected. Dare to Think! is a passionate, practical and deeply philosophical inquiry into what thinking actually is, why it matters, and how educators can deliberately create the conditions for it to happen in their classrooms. Drawing on nearly three decades in the classroom and a rich tradition of philosophical inquiry stretching from Aristotle to Wittgenstein, Andrew Rogers argues that too many students have been trained to remember and reproduce rather than question, wonder and reason, and that this is a problem educators have both the power and the responsibility to address.
Structured as a genuine inquiry rather than a prescriptive manual, the book draws on philosophy as both its method and its message. Rogers uses philosophical tools to define what thinking actually is, expose the imposters that masquerade as it, and make the case for dialogue, curiosity and reasoning as the foundations of genuinely transformative education. He writes as a co-inquirer alongside the reader, sharing what has worked, acknowledging what remains uncertain, and consistently inviting educators to reflect on and reshape their own practice. For any teacher who has glimpsed that rare classroom moment when students are genuinely alive with ideas, this book offers a clear and compelling path toward making it happen every day.
Excuse Me!
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This engaging collection features five thought-provoking plays designed specifically for classroom performance. Written by acclaimed Australian author Hazel Edwards, the plays tackle contemporary themes including technology, life choices, media influence, bureaucracy and time management, while being perfectly crafted to fit within a standard forty-minute lesson.
More than just entertainment, these plays serve as powerful teaching tools, combining literacy development with active learning and social skills. Whether exploring technological change in ‘The Not-So-Great Excuse Machine’, grappling with life's big decisions in ‘Everyperson’, satirising modern media in ‘The Fairly Fake TV Show’, unravelling mysteries in ‘The Mt Paperwork Whodunnit’, or diving into reader's theatre with ‘The Minutes of Time’, these plays promise engaging experiences that spark meaningful classroom discussions.
Stop Think Do Social Skills Training 12–15
$49.95
STOP THINK DO is an Australian social skills program for use in schools with children who have emotional–social–behavioural difficulties that affect their ability to make friends. It is also designed as a classroom curriculum for children to prevent such difficulties arising. It develops a positive social culture in classrooms, particularly because teachers are modelling the same skills they teach students. The academic progress of children is also facilitated by a co-operative classroom.
STOP THINK DO develops emotional and social intelligence in children as they learn how to understand and control their feelings at STOP, how to think about their options and likely consequences at THINK, how to behave appropriately at DO, and how to be motivated to use these skills in all social situations in their lives.
This revised and extended edition modernises this best-selling program, incorporating current research trends, visual resources, simplified lesson formats and practical suggestions for applying the program in regular classrooms, in small groups, for special needs students, for peer mediators, or as a whole school. Parental involvement is also encouraged.
Stop Think Do Social Skills Training: Primary years of schooling ages 12–15 covers:
Why train social skills and emotional intelligence in children?
How to apply the program in classrooms with special needs children, for peer mediators, as a whole school, and with parental involvement
Social skills lessons for children aged 12-15
An overview of the traffic light training posters
Pre and post program assessments.
Ken Rigby bundle
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Grab Dr Ken Rigby's two books in this bundle.
Interventions in Cases of Bullying in Schools (published 2023)The Method of Shared Concern (first published 2011, republished July 2026)
Steven Trotter bundle
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Grab Steven Trotter's two books in this bundle.
The Art of Skimming Stones (published July 2024)Stretch (published August 2026)
Glenn Forbes bundle
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Grab Glen Forbes' two books in this bundle.
Collective Impact: Overcoming the Twelve Enemies of Teacher Efficacy (published July 2026. First published by Solution Tree US in 2025)
Instructional Leadership: 15 High-Impact Practices to Develop Instructional Leaders (published March 2026)
Collective Impact
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In Collective Impact, authors Jenni Donohoo and Glenn Forbes identify barriers that impede collective teacher efficacy and detail effective strategies school leaders can use to overcome these obstacles. With reflective prompts and tools for implementation, this book will help school leaders in developing the capability to lead successful and sustainable improvement and realize more positive outcomes for students.
K–12 teachers and leaders can use this book to:
Reframe deficit thinking to recognise opportunities and to embrace challenges
Foster the belief that everyone in an educational setting has the individual and collective capability to impact positive outcomes
Create a collaborative culture that promotes innovation and teamwork
Build strong, supportive teams in which everyone can grow and contribute professionally
Establish mutual goals and visions to guide committed teams toward collective efficacy and collective impact
The Method of Shared Concern
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In Ken Rigby's latest book on bullying in schools, the renowned international expert provides an in-depth, research-based examination of the Method of Shared Concern. Originally conceived by Swedish psychologist Anatol Pikas, and adapted in line with ground-breaking government-sponsored studies in Australia, The Method of Shared Concern describes the multi-stage process in which suspected bullies and their victims are individually interviewed, and eventually brought together in an effort to reach an agreed resolution.
Intended primarily for use by teachers and school counsellors, The Method of Shared Concern demonstrates through practical example and real-world case studies how the method can be applied in any school environment as a thoroughly effective approach to school bullying and harassment. Guided by a trained practitioner, the students themselves are actively engaged and, rather than being labelled or blamed, they are empowered with a heightened sense of responsibility to improve the situation for all concerned.
'This is an invaluable resource for those who want to take a non-punitive approach to dealing with school bullying. It makes a really good case for using the Method and the examples indicate very clearly how to go about it.'Dr Claire Monks, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Counselling, University of Greenwich, London.
Helen Timperley bundle
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Get Helen Timperley's two Leading Professional ... books in this bundle.
Includes:Leading Professional Conversations Leading Professional Learning
Dale Sidebottom and Paul Campbell bundle
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$79.90
Get the two books co-authored by Dale Sidebottom and Paul Campbell in this special bundle.
Ralph Pirozzo bundle
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$194.75
Discover the comprehensive teaching framework developed by educational innovator Ralph Pirozzo. With 25 years of research and experience working with over 20,000 educators, this five-book collection covers everything from thinking tools and differentiation to feedback programs and higher-order thinking.
Creative Activities in Mathematics bundle
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$149.85
Get the entire Creative Activities in Mathematics series in one bundle. Three books of problem-based investigations and open-ended activities to engage your students across primary and secondary years, develop collaboration skills and build genuine mathematical thinking grounded in the Australian Curriculum.
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