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EPAA 2021 winners announced

Friday, 10 September 2021   Books+Publishing
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The winners of the 2021 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) have been announced.

The winners in each category are:

Secondary publisher of the year

  • Jacaranda

Primary publisher of the year

  • Promoting Literacy Development 

Mike Horsley Award for longstanding, dedicated service to the educational publishing industry

  • Rosaleen Stewart from Pearson Australia

Outstanding tertiary resource

  • STEM Education in the Primary School: A teacher’s toolkit (Anna Forbes, Vinesh Chandra, Linda Pfeiffer et al., CUP)

Outstanding secondary resource

  • Fit for Life Years 7 & 8 and 9 & 10 for the Victorian Curriculum (Rob Malpeli, Claire Stonehouse, Lee Anton-Hem et al., Nelson—A Cengage Company)

Outstanding primary resource

  • Be Your Own Man (Jessica Sanders, Five Mile)

Scholarly nonfiction book of the year

  • Truth-Telling: History, sovereignty and the Uluru Statement (Henry Reynolds, NewSouth)
  • Highly commended: Pride in Defence: The Australian military and LGBTI service since 1945 (Noah Riseman, Shirleene Robinson, MUP)

Educational picture or chapter book

  • Be Your Own Man (Jessica Sanders, Five Mile)
  • Highly commended: Human Kind Series: Persistence (Zanni Louise & Missy Turner, Five Mile)

VET: Teaching and learning—print or blended learning

  • Delivering Person Centred Services: A case management approach 1e (Geoff Arnott, Eva Bowers & Stacey Murray, Cengage)

Tertiary teaching and learning resource—digital only (adaptations)

  • MindTap for Marketing Research 5e (Steven D’Alessandro, Hume Winzar, Ben Lowe et al., Cengage)

Tertiary teaching and learning resource—print or blended learning (adaptations)

  • Organisational Behaviour: Engaging people and organisations 1e with MindTap (Andrew Creed, Lynne Gribble, Moira Watson et al., Cengage)

Tertiary teaching and learning resource—digital only (wholly Australian)

  • Programming Essentials (Lekhani Pathirana, Alfie Punnoose & Uday Vaidya, Didasko)
  • Highly commended: MindTap for Teaching Primary Science Constructively 7e (Keith Skamp, Christine Preston et al., Cengage) 

Tertiary teaching and learning resource—blended learning (wholly Australian)

  • STEM Education in the Primary School: A teacher’s toolkit (Anna Forbes, Vinesh Chandra, Linda Pfeiffer et al., CUP)
  • Highly commended: Australian Taxation (John Bevacqua et al., Wiley)

Tertiary teaching and learning resource—print (wholly Australian)

  • Indigenous Education in Australia: Learning and Teaching for Deadly Futures (Marnee Shay & Rhonda Oliver, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group)
  • Highly commended: An Interactive Approach to Writing Essays and Research Reports in Psychology, 5th Edition (Lorelle Burton, Wiley)

Secondary reference resource

  • Australia’s Defining Moments Digital Classroom (National Museum of Australia)

Secondary teaching resource

  • Pearson Diagnostic (Kaye Stacey, Vicki Steinle, Beth Price et al., Pearson with University of Melbourne, Desmos, Learnosity)

Secondary student resource—senior—English/humanities/languages/arts/technologies/health and physical education

  • Ecco! Senior (Adriana Blazincic, Carla Catanzariti, Maria Gaudioso et al., Pearson)
  • Highly commended: VCE Legal Studies Units 1–4 (14th & 15th edition) (Lisa Filippin, Annie Wilson, Peter Farrar, OUP)

Secondary student resource—senior—mathematics/science

  • Human Perspectives ATAR Units 1 & 2 and Units 3 & 4 Student Book (Terry Newton, Ashley Joyce & Rachel Whan, Nelson—A Cengage Company)

Secondary student resource—junior—mathematics/science

  • Jacaranda Science Quest 7–10 for the Victorian Curriculum Second Edition—series (Graeme Lofts & Merrin Evergreen, Jacaranda)
  • Highly commended: Insight Science Stage 4–5 (Second Edition) (Melinda Mestre, Lily Okati, Timothy Sloane et al., OUP)

Secondary student resource—junior

  • Fit for Life Years 7 & 8 and 9 & 10 for the Victorian Curriculum (Rob Malpeli, Claire Stonehouse, Lee Anton-Hem et al., Nelson—A Cengage Company)
  • Highly commended: Cambridge Humanities for Victoria Years 7–10 (Michael Adcock, Ashley Keith Pratt, Adrian De Fanti et al., CUP)

Primary reference resource

  • Teaching the Language of Climate Change Science (Julie Hayes & Bronwyn Parkin, Primary English Teaching Association Australia)
  • Highly commended: An EAL/D Handbook (Helen Harper & Susan Feez, Primary English Teaching Association Australia)

Primary teaching resource

  • Mappen (Karen Green, Amanda McCallum & Mark Ritterman, Grossard Education)
  • Highly commended: ‘Ginnie & Pinney Learn and Grow’ series (Penny Harris & Winnie Zhou, Big Sky)

Primary student resource—mathematics (numeracy)

  • Animated Big Books Series (F–2) (Calvin Irons, James Burnett et al., ORIGO Education and Cetati Studios)

Primary student resource—English (literacy/literature/language)

  • WINGS Phonics Decodables (Jill McDougall, Amanda Graham, Nathan Kolic et al., Era Publications)
  • Highly commended: Tam and Pat series (Lorraine Lea, Little Learners Love Literacy in collaboration with DFS SPELD)

Primary student resource—arts/science/humanities/social sciences/technologies/health and physical education/languages

  • Australia’s Defining Moments Digital Classroom (Primary) (National Museum of Australia)
  • Highly commended: REDeLEARN (Redback Publishing).

The winners were announced in an online presentation streamed via YouTube on Thursday, 9 September.

For more information, see the EPA website.

 

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