EDF3032 - Children's literature, storytelling and the arts - 2018

This unit uses creative approaches to develop students' knowledge and understanding of English discipline specific content. Students learn how to develop personal literacy through integrated approaches and an explicit focus on reading recovery and language development across reading, writing, speaking and listening. Students explore a wide range of literature suitable for children and engage with various approaches to storytelling and language arts, including digital and cross-arts storytelling. Students develop their skills in English and literacy including how to critically analyse texts, how to select and present literature for children and methods of integrating language arts across the curriculum. By developing their own English communication skills as story makers and tellers, students gain the ability to design pedagogies for engaging children in literature and developing literacies through storytelling and to develop literacy leadership.

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

1. develop knowledge and understanding of English discipline specific content and how to develop personal literacy
2. develop knowledge of the diversity of genres in children's literature
3. demonstrate an understanding of effective selection of literature for children of diverse backgrounds and abilities that will promote literacy
4. show their developing competency in presenting literature and stories to children in a variety of ways that promote oral and written literacy
5. develop an appreciation of the role literature, storytelling and the arts play in health and wellbeing, sustainability, intercultural communication and Indigenous Australian and Asian people's cultures and perspectives
6. understand, design and apply varied pedagogical approaches to integrating the study of English language, literature and language arts across the curriculum.

Children's literature, storytelling and arts-based investigation (2000 words or equivalent, 50%)

Multimedia research assignment on English and literacy (2000 words or equivalent, 50%)

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:

1. Contact hours for on-campus students:
   • 2 contact hours per week
2. Requirements for on-campus block City-based students:
   • one intensive weekend block
   • at least 4 hours of active online engagement in Moodle activities per term
3. Requirements for offshore Kaplan-based students:
   • one intensive block (usually from Thursday to Sunday)
   • at least 4 hours of online study per term
4. Additional requirements (all students):
   • independent study to make up the minimum required hours per week

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Early years education

Early years and primary education