Top educational publishers awarded
September 27, 2018
The 2018 Educational Publishing Awards Australia in Melbourne recently brought together a committed group of people to celebrate excellence and recognise going above and beyond for the advancement of students.
The big winners of the evening were PLD and Oxford University Press who were awarded Primary and Secondary Publisher of the Year respectively, as voted by Australian teachers. The Publisher of the Year Awards were sponsored by the Copyright Agency, which also sponsors the event.
Director of PLD, Diana Rigg was thrilled that her organisation won the award the first time they were nominated. “We create tools for primary educators to enhance literacy development in young children and we’re so grateful to be recognised by teachers across the country,” Ms Rigg said.
Daniel Aspinall from OUP was really proud of his workplace being named Secondary Publisher of the Year for the second year in a row. “What we do is for teachers and students and to better education in Australia overall. It’s a team effort, we work with many people to bring resources to the classroom and we’re really pleased with the award,” he said.
“Thank you to the organisers and the sponsors for a great industry event.”
Keynote speaker for the event, TV presenter and primary school teacher, Shelley Ware, shared her personal story of needing quality, engaging texts as a young person with literacy difficulties, and as a teacher, and as a parent of a child with similar reading difficulties that she faced.
The full award results are:
PRIMARY AWARDS
Student Resource – Arts/Science/Humanities/Social Sciences/Technologies/Health and Physical Education/Languages
Winner
Oxford Atlas+, Oxford University Press
Highly Commended
BaseCamp – A fun-filled program about managing anxiety, Quirky Kid
Student Resource – English (Literacy/Literature/Language)
English Stars (Year 3), Firefly Education Pty Ltd
Student Resource – Mathematics (Numeracy)
iMaths Online, Firefly Education Pty Ltd
Teaching Resource
Winner
STEM Investigations for Upper Primary, Macmillan Education Australia
Highly Commended
Bounce Back! A positive education approach to wellbeing, resilience and social-emotional learning, Pearson Australia
Educational Picture or Chapter Book
Ten Pound Pom, Black Dog Books, an imprint of Walker Books Australia
SECONDARY AWARDS
Student Resource – Junior – Mathematics/Science
Winner
ScienceWorld Western Australia, Macmillan Education Australia
Highly commended
Maths Pathway, Maths Pathway
Student Resource – Junior – English/Humanities/Languages/Arts/Technologies/Health and Physical Education
Winner
Tapis Volant 1 & 2 4E, Nelson – A Cengage Company
Highly commended
Ecco! Second Edition, Pearson Australia
Student Resource – Senior – Mathematics/Science
Winner
Science in Focus 2E – Year 11, Nelson – A Cengage Company
Highly commended
Series: Pearson Biology 11 New South Wales, Pearson Chemistry 11 New South Wales and Pearson Physics 11 New South Wales, Pearson Australia
Student Resource – Senior – English/Humanities/Languages/Arts/Technologies/Health and Physical Education
Winner
Key Features of Modern History 1 Year 11 Student book + obook assess, Oxford University Press
Highly commended
Access and Justice Legal Studies for VCE Units 1 & 2 book + obook assess and Justice and Outcomes VCE Units 3 & 4 Student book + obook assess, Oxford University Press
Teaching Resource
Winner
Antiquity 1 Year 11 4E Teacher obook assess, Oxford University Press
Highly commended
Series:Pearson Biology 11 New South Wales Teacher Support, Pearson Chemistry 11 New South Wales Teacher Support and Pearson Physics 11 New South Wales Teacher Support, Pearson Australia
Reference Resource
Winner
Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary Hardback 6E, Oxford University Press
Highly commended
Jacaranda Atlas 9th Edition, John Wiley and Sons Ltd
TERTIARY, TAFE AND VOCATIONAL
Tertiary (Wholly Australia) Teaching and Learning Resource – print
Winner
Teaching Quality Health and Physical Education 1E, Cengage
Highly commended
Powers of Curriculum: Sociological perspectives on education, Oxford University Press
Tertiary (Wholly Australian) Teaching and Learning Resource – blended learning (print and digital)
Winner
Mental Health: A Person-centred Approach, Cambridge University Press
Highly commended
Learning to Teach in a New Era, Cambridge University Press
Tertiary (Wholly Australian) Teaching and Learning Resource – digital only
Bachelor in Applied Information Technology, Didasko
Tertiary (Adaptations) Teaching and Learning Resource – print or blended learning (print and digital)
Winner
Atrill’s Accounting, Pearson Education
Highly commended
Contemporary Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Partnerships in Care, Pearson Australia
Tertiary (Adaptations) Teaching and Learning Resource – digital only
Winner
Management 6e MindTap, Cengage
Highly commended
Revel, Pearson Australia
TAFE & Vocational Education Teaching and Learning Resource – print or blended learning (print and digital)
Winner
SHB Units of Compliance for Beauty and Hair Training, Skin Deep Learning
Highly commended
Beverage Services Skills 1E, Cengage
TAFE & Vocational Education Teaching and Learning Resource (digital only)
Early Childhood Education and Care Microlearning Modules, Aspire Learning Resources
OUTSTANDING RESOURCES
Outstanding Primary Resource
STEM Investigations for Upper Primary, Macmillan Education Australia
Outstanding Secondary Resource
Tapis Volant 1 & 2 4E, Nelson – A Cengage Company
Outstanding Tertiary/TAFE & Vocational Resource
SHB Units of Compliance for Beauty and Hair Training, Skin Deep Learning
PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR
Publisher of the Year Primary
PLD – literacy and learning
Publisher of the Year Secondary
Oxford University Press
Daniel Aspinall from OUP (left) with Copyright Agency CEO Adam Suckling.