units

EDF2151

Faculty of Education

18 September 2017 27 December 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Education
OfferedPeninsula First semester 2015 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit recognises the complex literate demands placed on students due to technological advancements, an increasingly globalised world, diverse classroom contexts, and the importance literacy plays in learning, employment and community participation. It explores the multimodal nature of texts and the variety of modes that are used to create meaning in complex ways. Students explore conceptual frameworks and theoretical ideas to help them read, design and create new texts using a range of new technologies.

Outcomes

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

  1. develop a sound understanding of the roles and functions of literacy and multi-literacies as a means by which individuals think, learn and communicate in the twenty-first century
  2. develop techniques for the analysis and critique of multimodal texts
  3. develop a knowledge of the changing nature of literacy with reference to emerging technologies
  4. explore new and complex ways for creating and designing texts using a variety of semiotic systems
  5. explore and apply theoretical models that support the development of multimodal texts.

Assessment

Essay (2000 words equivalent, 50%)
Multimodal text (group or individual task) (2000 words equivalent, 50%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • 2 hours per week

(b.) Additional requirements:

  • independent study to make up the minimum required hours per week

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jennifer Rennie

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Primary education