1999 Education Handbook - Master of Education (Literacy Studies) (MEd[LitStudies])

Master of Education (Literacy Studies) (MEd[LitStudies])

General information
Target group
Objectives
Course structure

General information

Clayton, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses and distance education
Course code: 2389
Contact: Dr Lesley Farrell (please telephone 9905 2819 or 9905 2784 for initial inquiries)

Target group

The literacy studies pathway is designed for educators and other professionals engaged in a variety of workplace settings, tertiary institutions, adult and community programs, and schools.

Objectives

The major objectives of the literacy studies pathway are to provide students with knowledge and understanding to:

engage with the most recent research in the burgeoning field of literacy studies;
acquire skills in the research methodologies appropriate to the field of literacy studies;
develop skills in accessing and using relevant library information services and digital electronic research tools;
complete assigned tasks which demonstrate an ability to engage at an advanced academic level with the issues and interests in the field of literacy studies.

Course structure

Core subjects

GED3816 New literacy studies
GED3839 Approaches to research in language and literacy studies

Elective subjects

Six other subjects (of which four must be chosen from the following list) or four plus a 24-point project

GED2817 Language, society and and cultural difference
GED3809 Literacy and technology
GED3817 Reading: literary studies and classroom practice
GED3827 Teaching languages for specific purposes - theory, context and method
GED3830 Curriculum writing and syllabus design for second language education
GED3832 Functional analysis of discourse
GED3836 Writing practices in learning contexts
GED3837 Literacy in adult contexts: policies, practices and theories
GED3842 Reading: theory, research and practice
GED3845 School literacy practices: P-12

Any of the research subjects in the Master of Education course information list may also be chosen.

Project

The project, of approximately 20,000 words, must focus on a topic relevant to literacy studies. Students intending to enrol in the project must complete an appropriate research methodology subject.