Undergraduate CUR-EDS133-2023
Curriculum and Instruction Lower Secondary: English
Previously CUR-EDS121
Explore teaching and learning practices to support and challenge a diverse student cohort. Focus on curriculum planning, teaching strategies, evaluation, resources, and having a positive impact on student learning.
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Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
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Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 29 May 2023
- 27 Nov 2023
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Subject details
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- examine local, national and global research and evidence-based practices in English in Lower Secondary
- apply teaching strategies that support and enhance students’ literacy and numeracy development in this major teaching area
- evaluate a range of resources, including technologies, and make appropriate selections to inform English Lower Secondary learning and teaching programs
- incorporate knowledge of the needs of students from diverse backgrounds and across the full range of abilities to devise differentiated learning and teaching experiences that support and challenge all students in English in Lower Secondary
- employ discipline knowledge, principles and concepts to plan learning and teaching experiences with demonstrated impact in English in Lower Secondary.
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- Lower Secondary English: Curriculum and pedagogy
- English-specific discipline knowledge: including new literacies, young adult literature, teaching through cross-curricula priorities
- Learning and teaching in the Lower Secondary English classroom
- Planning and assessment for Lower Secondary English
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
- CUR-EDS121-Curriculum and Instruction Lower Secondary: English (No longer available)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
This subject was previously known as EDS121 Curriculum and Instruction Lower Secondary: English.
This subject is designed to prepare pre-service Lower Secondary English teachers. Focus will be on curriculum planning, teaching strategies, evaluation, resources, the demonstration of positive impact on student learning and research relating to Lower Secondary English. Teaching and learning practices to support and challenge a diverse student cohort are explored.
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- Annotated resource list (50%)
- Inquiry lesson sequence (50%)
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