Accessing curriculum resources to support your teaching

Master of Teaching

University of Melbourne Library

Learning Objectives

• The types of resources in the curriculum collections relevant to Master of Teaching Secondary students

• How to access resources in the School level textbook collection using a variety of methods

• How to access further support

Master of Teaching students have access to a wealth of curriculum resources via the Library

• Our School textbook collection supports the current National Curriculum and provides textbooks from a range of publishers being used in schools for the learning areas offered by MGSE.

• Fiction collections • Media (including streamed resources)• Kits • ICT resources

Accessing the Library collections

to access all online resources and library search tools

UoM username and

password

to borrow materialsStudent card

Initial subjects : where library resources will support your assessment tasks

Learning Area A1 Assessment Task 1: A discussion of the design of purposeful learning activities

• Pedagogical theories• Research material in the specific learning area

Learning Area A1 Assessment Task 2: Designing a unit of workAND Learning Area B1 Assessment Task 1: Designing a unit of work

• School Textbooks and curriculum support material• Digital technologies

Learning Area B1 Assessment Task 2:Textbook evaluation• School Textbooks and curriculum support material• eBooks

Example assessment task

You can use a range of strategies to locate curriculum resources in the collections

1. Search the Library catalogue (keyword / title / subject search) and scope your results to search across all Education Curriculum collections or a specific collection such as the textbooks.

2. From Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship Guide• connect to ICT resources and streamed media you can use

in the classroom• connect to the School Level Textbook guide to browse by

year level and learning area to discover textbooks and curriculum links

• you can also search the Library catalogue from the within your library guide

1. Search the Library catalogue (keyword / title / subject search) and scope your results to the Education Curriculum collections

Access media and online curriculum resources via your library guide

2. From the Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship library guide, select the Media tab.

Grammatikus is an online resource which allows students to play games to build their grammar knowledge.

Features:• game-based learning• whole class access• lesson plans• aligned with the National Curriculum• charts display student progress

Grammatikus: English and grammar resource

Twig World: Science resource

Twig is an online resource which features thousands of resources to support secondary school teaching in science, maths and geography including:

• Films• Lesson plans • Worksheets

Access digital resources via the library catalogue

Step One: Enter the title of the

resource in the catalogue

Step Two: Access resource via the

catalogue record

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Access streamed media using the library guides

2. You can access streamed videos to use in your lessons from the library guide.

The videos are accessible 24/7 and play immediately!

The embedded search function is available in two sections of your guide

2. You can also search the textbook collections from the within the library guides

We purchase titles being used in Victorian Schools from a school textbook supplier. Only a selection of titles are listed on the guide – we recommend you search the catalogue to view all results for your learning area.

2. In the School level textbook guide you can navigate the tabs and browse for textbooks and curriculum links

Need Help?

From the Getting Started page of your library guide you can get assistance via online chat or

contact a librarian via email

Refer to your library guide