| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 2 |
| Old unit code |
300.410 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to critique various definitions of 'literacy'; recognise the educational, social and political impacts of literacies; identify differing literacy demands across modes, contexts and discourses; identify links between language, literacies and learning; analyse the literacy demands of typical school tasks; identify appropriate literacy teaching and learning strategies for secondary school students; and apply appropriate literacy teaching and learning strategies to typical school tasks to demonstrate achievement of specified literacy outcomes. |
| Content |
This unit comprises two segments: (1) language, learning and written literacies—focuses on cultural, social and political dimensions of literacy and the ways in which these affect production of meaning from print texts. It emphasises how knowledge is constructed in different subject-specific discourses and what kinds of literacy support can be offered in mainstream classrooms across the curriculum to enhance students' opportunities for learning; and (2) classroom-based applications—focuses on teaching and learning tasks collected and observed during the school practicum, or selected from common school resource materials. Students analyse the assumptions made about literacy in the teaching and learning tasks, analyse the ways in which the tasks could be modified to improve attainment of literacy competencies and develop sets of strategies that can be applied to support students' learning. |
| Assessment |
This comprises two tasks: (1) developing classroom-based teaching and learning strategies, and (2) an essay. Students must pass both assessment components to be awarded a passing grade in the unit.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a Graduate Diploma in Education student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Professor Marnie O'Neill and Winthrop Professor Anne Chapman |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
Advisable prior study: curriculum major/minor units in pre-service teacher
education |
| Incompatibility: EDUC3301 Language and Literacy |
Contact hours—lectures/seminars: 2.5 hrs per week for 10 weeks
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
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- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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