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Design for QCE

Design for QCE comprehensively covers the new QCAA Design Senior Syllabus and unit objects using the problem-solving approach with integration of underpinning factors throughout. This text guides students through the practical application of design thinking drawing and prototyping skills and features video tutorials.
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Nelson Film, Television & New Media

With a highly visual design and full colour images throughout, this text will support students with the first-time external assessment while also engaging them to be lifelong learners of the subject.
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Living Drama

30 years in the market, the ever-successful Living Drama is now in its 5th edition! Written by Bruce Burton, the new edition of Living Drama has increased emphasis on Australian theatre and theatre practitioners, and includes new theatrical forms and techniques including modal texts and verbatim theatre.
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Visual Communication Design

Nelson Visual Communication Design covers all key knowledge and skills of the 2018–2022 Study Design. With a student book and companion workbook, students have all they need for fantastic VCE Visual Communication Design results!
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Nelson Media VCE

Written for the new VCE Media Study Design by experienced teacher and author Jo Flack, Nelson Media VCE contains new and updated activities, updated and relevant examples from current media, and online resources for students and teachers.
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Centre Stage

Let’s do drama! Centre Stage is a two-year drama for middle secondary students. Through creativity and development of ideas, students will deepen their appreciation of drama and explore different ways they can perform and evaluate drama.

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The comprehensive text senior drama students need

30 years in the market, the ever-successful Living Drama is now in its 5th edition! Written by Bruce Burton, the new edition of Living Drama has increased emphasis on Australian theatre and theatre practitioners, and includes new theatrical forms and techniques including modal texts and verbatim theatre.

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Highly visual and engaging text

Nelson Film, Television and New Media for QCE is a stand-alone textbook for the Film, Television and New Media syllabus being implemented in 2019. The text is written by the highly experienced media author and teacher, Dr Colin Stewart, and is highly visual with full colour images throughout.

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Covers design thinking and problem solving approach

Design for QCE comprehensively covers the new QCAA Design Senior Syllabus and unit objects using the problem-solving approach with integration of underpinning factors throughout. This text guides students through the practical application of design thinking, drawing and prototyping skills. Video tutorials are included on NelsonNet.

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Revolutionising education

The STE(A)M Book 1 features a series of problem-based projects engage students in the discipline areas of STE(A)M and places the student at the centre of the learning process, engaging them in authentic project-based, problem solving approaches to learning.

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Visual Communication Design

Nelson Visual Communication Design covers all key knowledge and skills of the 2018–2022 Study Design. With a student book and companion workbook, students have all they need for fantastic VCE Visual Communication Design results!

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Nelson Media VCE

Written for the new VCE Media Study Design by experienced teacher and author Jo Flack, Nelson Media VCE contains new and updated activities, updated and relevant examples from current media, and online resources for students and teachers.

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