Undergraduate - UnitEDF2304 - Early numeracy

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Gippsland Second semester 2013 (Day) Peninsula Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Jill Cheeseman (Peninsula); Dr Tasos Barkatsas (Gippsland)

Synopsis

This unit will build on students' understandings and skills developed in Early Literacy and Numeracy 1. Students will explore the importance of translating home and community learning into various institutional settings. The teaching of literacy and numeracy will be examined from a number of current theoretical perspectives, and students will be assisted to develop appropriate pedagogical practices that support children's learning.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

understand a number of interpretations of what constitutes literacy and numeracy;
recognise how key mathematical and literate concepts are practiced in early learning settings such as homes, communities, child care, preschools and the early years of school;
appreciate that literacy and numeracy learning occur in multiple contexts and in multiple ways; and
identify and employ a range of pedagogical tools to support children's learning in literacy and numeracy.