Library Guides

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Finding Curriculum Resources

  Re: Secondary Teaching

This Guide is designed to help you locate resources that can be used in the secondary school classroom as well as in the preparation of classroom lessons and units of work. 

Please advise the Education Liaison Librarian at fll-education@cqu.edu.au of any other print or online secondary school curriculum resources that have been found to be particularly useful so that they can be added to the Guide and/or the CQU Library Collection.

Secondary school curriculum resources can be located within the CQU Library and on the Web, and this Guide provides instruction on how to access a sample of these resources via the following locations:

Queensland Studies Authority (QSA)

For Years 1-10 syllabuses and support materials:

Select P-12 Syllabuses & Support

  • Go to Yrs 1-10 tab.
  • Select required KLA (e.g. Mathematics).
  • Investigate Mathematics the support materials links.

For Years 11-12 syllabuses and support materials for Authority Subjects:

  • Go to Yrs 11-12 tab.
  • Select Subject areas.
  • Select required subject (e.g. English) and check links within the text and on the left menu.

For Years 11-12 guides, study plans and support materials for Authority-registered subjects (e.g. Functional Maths):

  • Go to  Yrs 11 & 12 tab.
  • Select Subject areas.
  • Select required subject (e.g. Mathematics)
  • Select the required Authority-registered subject and check links within the page.
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Curriculum Exchange

  • Go to Education Queensland.
  • Select For schools and educators.
  • Select Curriculum Exchange (from left menu).
  • Select Curriculum Exchange resource centre from left menu .
  • To log in, use the individual username and password that has been assigned to you by the Learning Place Local Administrator (LPLA) at the campus through which you are enrolled. If LPLA is not known, contact fll-education@cqu.edu.au for details.
  • Choose to use either the Search or Browse facility. For assistance with searching or browsing the Curriculum Exchange, select TIP: Using the CX resource centre from left menu.
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Curriculum Materials (CM) Collection at CQU Library

The Curriculum Materials (CM) Collection is a special CQU Library collection which provides teaching resource support for Education students. Resources in this collection include syllabuses, blackline masters, kits, games, poster, fiction, school texts and workbooks, 'big books', and audio-visual material.

  • Go to the Library Catalogue.

  • Select Search by Collection: Curriculum Materials (CM) and type keywords into the search box(es).  You may need to experiment with search terms (e.g. physcial education, SOSE, shakespeare, numeracy) and search fields (e.g. title, subject heading, anywhere). A sample search is provided below:

Curriculum Materials (CM) Search

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University Websites (sample only)

James Cook University

  • Go to James Cook University.
  • Select Faculties & Divisions.
  • Select Education under the heading Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences.
  • Select Information for Students from left menu.
  • Select Links for Students from left menu.
  • Select Library and Internet Resources for Education from main menu.
  • Select Teaching Resources.
  • Select relevant curriculum area and investigate website links. (Note: database and electronic journals links will not be relevant to CQU students.)

Charles Sturt University

  • Go to Charles Sturt University.
  • Type education lesson plans into the search box provided → investigate relevant KLA links

University of Wollongong Library

  • Go to University of Wollongong Library.
  • Select Resources by topic.
  • Select Education from alphabetical listing.
  • Select Teaching resources and support under Resources for Education heading.
  • Go to Lesson Plans heading and investigate links .
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State Government Websites (sample only)

Western Australia Department of Education and Training

New South Wales Department of Education and Training

  • Go to NSW Department of Education and Training.
  • Select Public Schools tab.
  • Select Learning and Teaching link on left menu .
  • Select Curriculum K-12 from right menu.
  • Go to Kindergarten to Year 6 Curriculum Services or Years 7-12 to activate drop-down box and select PDHPE → investigate relevant links from left menu.
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Additional Websites (sample only)

Soople

  • Go to Soople.
  • On Soople homepage, go to Filter search for file type and type in relevant keyword (e.g. Buddhism).
  • Select Powerpoint → results will reveal only Powerpoint presentations re the keyword used.
  • On Soople homepage, go to Search video → type in keyword (e.g. volcanoes) → results will reveal videos clips.
  • On Soople homepage, go to Search the full text of books → type in keyword (e.g. great expectations) → results will reveal book extracts.

Note:  Other searches from the Soople homepage may also prove useful in finding resources to use in specific KLAs.

Education Network Australia (EdNA)

  • Go to EdNA.
  • Select School Education from right menu.
  • Select Key learning areas from right menu and scroll down and investigate links provided.
  • Go back to EdNA homepage.
  • Select School Education from right menu.
  • Select Theme pages from right menu and scroll down and investigate links provided.

UQL Cyberschool

Miscellaneous

Education World
TeacherNet
Learning Objects: Collections
Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)

Assessment for Learning

Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) - Educators

Shared e-learning

 

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Other Sources

  • Schools - teaching resources for staff, and students undertaking portal task experience, may be available in the school library, resource centre or other location within the school
  • Public Libraries - a range of fiction and non fiction resources is available at public libraries
  • School Resource Suppliers such as publishers and  booksellers provide catalogues and other information which can assist with purchasing resources.


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CQU CRICOS Provider Codes: QLD - 00219C; NSW - 01315F; VIC - 01624D



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