Published by the NSW Department of Education, Scan is an open access online journal, delivered quarterly. Scan informs teachers’ practice by encouraging engagement with a wide range of articles, including peer reviewed research. In this issue: 1. CURATING TEXTS FOR THE CLASSROOM: PICTURE BOOKS IN HISTORY OR THE HISTORY OF PICTURE BOOKS (Joanne Rossbridge). 2. USING RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE WELL IN PRACTICE: THE FORMAT MATTERS (Monash Q Project team). 3. ‘BEING A WRITER MEANS BEING ABLE TO BEGIN.’ CREATIVE WRITING AND THE COCONUT CHILDREN (Richard Short). 4. PLAY TO PROJECT: INVESTIGATIVE LEARNING IN STAGE 1 (Sophie Parsons and Ariana Davis). 5. TACKLING HATEFUL CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND FAKE NEWS – WHAT CAN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DO? (Stijn Denayer and Ramy Sedrak). 6. THE THREE SPHERES OF LIBRARY SKILLS: BEST PRACTICE IN LIBRARY LESSON (Mali Jorm). 7. UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING GIFTED STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY (Jillian Wyatt). 8. SUPPORTING A STUDENT WHO STUTTERS: WHAT SCHOOLS CAN DO (ASRC, UTS Sydney).
