Jacaranda is Australian school publishing company that produces numbers online applications and electronic books. It also provides website as well as professional development supports for students and teachers.
It becomes a main source for those who seek for reference materials and it has published some iconic books such as Macquarie Dictionary and Jacaranda-Atlas. Numbers of acknowledgement have been achieved by this publishing company. In 2010, Jacaranda won the 2010 Australian Publishing Association (APA) award for its best Secondary Educational Website. With its revolutionary online study program, it helps to maximise students’ performance during the exam. The revision and exam practices are provided to support students’ confidence to score the highest possible mark. We all know that there are always some areas of strength and weakness in dealing with exams in each individual, and with their program, the so called studyON program, they will identify these areas, make solutions to deal with some problems ahead, so that students will confidently aim and achieve their best results. Some amazing studies they provide such as aids in the form of animations, videos, interactive study activities, a result tracker, questions in the form of actual past exam, guides, and also progress report, which is everything a student needs to perform their best performance during exams. And currently, they also won the 2013 APA award.
One of their best products, the Jacaranda-World History Atlas, is a completely new title with amazing visual of a historical atlas that is designed to fulfil the requirements of educational curriculum in Australia, especially in area study of History for grades 7 to 10. It is thoroughly researched and it is very suitable for students to its clear and beautiful designed maps. And thanks to its high impact of maps and some engaging activities it provides, the Jacaranda-World History Atlas definitely will contribute some significant roles in helping students finding out some destinations and historical chronologies, whether in geographical contexts, or/and historical. Meanwhile, the Jacaranda-Atlas 7th Edition emerges to be the Best Book in a survey called Surveying and Spatial Sciences Conference in November 2011. The Atlas, as the judges said, is synonymous” with students in Australia. It is a benchmark for geographic learning. This atlas is recognized as the leader of learning resource, even, they are brave enough to say that it is a excellence in cartographic studies. The award of Best Book is for the huge volume of information it provides.
The book also receives other important awards such as Map of the Month in 2011 for the category of Educational Cartographic Resources” and also an award in AGTA, Australian Geography Teachers Association for the Atlas Category. Numerous good comments have been received by the book, making it well known for its good reputation. And if you look for some information about this publishing company, go to Jacaranda-PLUS, a new digital support centre that will provide you with answers for most frequent questions asked by viewers, accesses to their product, and also look for needed information. It seems it is not too much if we think, and consider, Jacaranda as the most well-known and also best publishing company Australia ever has.