EDG3001

Curriculum studies: Literacy 2

(EDU)

6 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Gippsland + Prerequisites: GEC2101

Synopsis: This subject is the third in the Undergraduate sequence which prepares prospective teachers for the Key Learning Area of English. The subject covers the areas of a critical examination of the range of current models of Literacy teaching and aspects such as differential access to literacy in our school systems. In addition, a range of current issues in Literacy such as the role of technology, assessment and "new orthodoxies" are critically examined. The subject seeks to present students with rigorous discussion and to encourage them to develop a clear approach to Literacy teaching from an informed base of theory into practice.

Assessment: Two assignments (2000 words each): 50% each