Paula Green

Based on the authors two decades of experience in lecturing and teaching academic skills within a higher-education setting, the work is a response to the challenges facing today’s students in understanding the principles of critical thinking and applying it to their University studies. Critical Thinking for Academic Assignments is an invaluable tool for any student wanting to understand what is meant by critical thinking and how to apply these skills to the different stages of the assessment process. Unlike most textbooks within this area on the market, it focuses solely upon practical advice rather than adopting a philosophical, more abstract, understanding of critical thinking. This practical approach to the topic allows students to move from lower to higher-level thinking skills. Written in an engaging and concise style, the work is a guide designed to be accessible to students from across multiple disciplines who want key pieces of information that can be easily translated to their studies. The book is interactive and engaging, raising the student’s involvement with the subject area through practical activities and examples. Its easy-to-use structure and approach take’s the student on a logical journey starting at the beginning of the assessment process through to engaging with feedback and critical thinking for the job market. At the same time the five-part structure with subchapters allow students to quickly ‘dip in’ and ‘dip out’ of any part of the book to meet their own individual learning needs. While the main focus is on assessment, the text also highlights the importance of these skills for employability

Following the great success of AUP's contemporary art book for children, "Welcome to the South Seas", comes "Flamingo Bendalingo", another book relating to an AUP strength. In "Flamingo Bendalingo", all the animals of the zoo, from sea lions to giraffes, from meerkats to elephants, come to life in poems written by 50 children and experienced AUP poet Paula Green. The animals roar, they squeal, they lope and lie, they splash and munch. The lines of the poems capture in words, their funny shapes and their bright colours. Energetic rhythms and sparkling images make you laugh and make you think. In three parts, with Paula's poems making up one part, the poems by the children making up another, and an extensive glossary of definitions and examples, this brilliant book of zoo poems makes writing poetry easy and reading it fun. This book is stunningly illustrated on every page, with whimsical, beautifully coloured pictures by Michael Hight.