Master of Education (Literacy Studies) (MEd(LitStudies))

• Preamble
  • Clayton, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses and distance education
• Target group
• Objectives
• Course structure
  • Core subjects
  • Elective subjects: six other subjects (of which four must be chosen from the following list) or four plus a 24-point project
  • Project

Preamble

Clayton, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses and distance education

Course code: 2040

Contact: Dr Lesley Farrell

Target group

The literacy studies pathway is designed for educators and other professionals engaged in a variety of workplace settings, tertiary institutions, adult and community programs, and schools.

Objectives

The major objectives of the literacy studies pathway are to provide students with knowledge and understanding to:

• engage with the most recent research in the burgeoning field of literacy studies;
• acquire skills in the research methodologies appropriate to the field of literacy studies;
• develop skills in accessing and using relevant library information services and digital electronic research tools;
• complete assigned tasks which demonstrate an ability to engage at an advanced academic level with the issues and interests in the field of literacy studies.

Course structure

Core subjects

• GED3816 New literacy studies (12 points)
• GED3839 Approaches to research in language and literacy studies (12 points)

Elective subjects: six other subjects (of which four must be chosen from the following list) or four plus a 24-point project

• GED2817 Language, society and and cultural difference (12 points)
• GED3809 Literacy and technology (12 points)
• GED3817 Literary studies and classroom practice (12 points)
• GED3827 Teaching languages for specific purposes - theory, context and method (12 points)
• GED3830 Curriculum writing and syllabus design for second language education (12 points)
• GED3832 Functional analysis of discourse (12 points)
• GED3836 Writing practices in learning contexts (12 points)
• GED3837 Literacy in adult contexts: policies, practices and theories (12 points)
• GED3842D Reading: theory, research and practice (12 points)
• GED3845 Crossing boundaries: school literacy P-12 (12 points)

Project

The project, of approximately 20,000 words, must focus on a topic relevant to literacy studies. Students intending to enrol in the project must complete an appropriate research methodology subject.