Method and Practice of Teaching English B (6 points)
(EDU)
Leader: Associate Professor B Doecke & Mr G Parr (Clayton) + Dr A Koh (Gippsland)
Offered: Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day) Gippsland Second semester 2004 (OCL) Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day) Gippsland Second semester 2005 (OCL)
Synopsis:
Objectives: Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to critically reflect on their personal beliefs, values and experiences in regard to unit English and in regard to their teaching of this unit; competently use a variety of communication strategies in different modes and in different teaching and learning contexts; actively participate in professional conversations about a range of issues in relation to the content of unit English; pedagogy, curriculum, assessment and values in unit English; and collegial interaction across a range of contexts in unit English; collaboratively design and publish text response activities for use in schools and lead their peers in a professional development episode in relation to these tasks; evaluate their own experience in teaching English in schools, in particular, to evaluate their own experience of the teaching of writing in relation to key theories about the teaching of writing.
Assessment: Assessment: written assignment (2000 words); development of curriculum materials (2000 words)
Contact Hours: 3 hours per week
Prerequisites: EDF5436
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