Undergraduate - UnitEDF4266 - English education 3 (P-10)

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Not offered in 2013

Synopsis

This unit is intended to enable students to develop their understanding of, and capacity for, developing appropriate curriculum and pedagogy across a range of subject areas, appreciating the importance of language and literacy in schooling and students' learning. It explores a range of theoretical perspectives on the learning and teaching of literacy, with respect to curriculum and pedagogy in Years 7 to 10 of secondary schooling. Current policy environments are also examined in order to understand how these currently mediate teachers' work.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically reflect upon their beliefs, ethical approaches and experiences of language and literacy learning in secondary schools in relation to theoretical ideas of literacy learning in the middle years
demonstrate their understanding of a range of effective and inclusive teaching strategies for literacy in the middle years, including approaches to planning, assessment and reporting
explore issues related to integration of English language and literacy learning across different curriculum areas
develop an understanding of recent language and literacy policy on curriculum, pedagogy, assessment including national testing, national curriculum and teacher professional standards
become competent in the use of a range of ICTs in accessing relevant research literature, in accessing and developing teaching resources and strategies, and in presenting evidence of their own learning in the area of literacy.