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Undergraduate CUR-EDE355-2019

Early Childhood Literacies

Previously CUR-EDE332-2018

Explore the relationship between home literacy practices and those in early childhood settings. Focus on linguistic and cultural diversity by learning to recognise children’s individual, social, and cultural ways of knowing.

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$820 $1,070

Your upfront cost: $0

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Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% online

Available loans

  • FEE-HELP
  • HECS-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Required

Study terms

  • 25 Nov 2019
  • 01 Jun 2020
  • 30 Nov 2020
Curtin University

Start your career with Curtin’s globally recognised courses and extensive industry connections. Through OUA, our online courses offer an interactive and collaborative learning experience that gets you the same degree as if you studied on campus. Curtin is a global university with a vibrant culture of innovation and collaboration and is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide.

QS RANKING

Times Higher Education Ranking

  • 2019
  • 2020

Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. critique perspectives on teaching and learning of language and literacy in the early years
  2. interpret children’s learning in language and literacy events
  3. appraise the value of multi-literacies in sustaining children’s communications
  4. analyse the relationship between home literacy practices and the practices of early childhood settings
  5. design a literacy-rich environment for learning.
Topics covered
    • Literacy acquisition in the early years
    • Sharing spoken language with children birth - 5 years: Communication
    • Storytelling experiences: contexts, strategies, and resources for reading
    • Sound foundations for learning literacy: perspectives and approaches
    • Emergent literacy: Signs, markings and writing
    • Multiliteracies: Children as communicators
    • Observing and listening to children: Engaging in literacy events
    • Documenting children's literacy learning: Authentic assessment
    • Literacy as a social practice: families, cultures and communities
    • Creating literacy-enriched early childhood settings: Intentional teaching
    • Transitions to primary school: communities of readers and writers
    • Honouring diversity in language and literacies
  • Study resources

    • Instructional methods

      • Discussion forum/Discussion Board
      • Online assignment submission
      • Podcasting/Lecture capture
      • Standard Media
      • Web links
Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • CUR-EDE332-Early Childhood Literacies

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

CUR-EDC235-Teaching Language, Literacy and Literature in Junior Primary , or CUR-EDC231-Teaching Language and Literacy in Junior Primary

Others

You don't have to enrol in this subject if you have completed EDE106 Language and Multiliteracies (Birth-5 years) as they are considered equivalents.

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

This subject was previously known as EDE332 Early Childhood Literacies.

This subject is premised on an image of young children as social beings and competent communicators from birth. Students analyse theoretical perspectives underpinning teaching and learning of languages and literacy in the years from birth to age 5. Students learn approaches to establishing relationships between the literacy practices of the home and early childhood settings. The subject features a strong focus on linguistic and cultural diversity: students consider how early childhood settings can value children’s individual, social, and cultural ways of knowing to facilitate harmonious transitions and continuity of learning. Students apply observation, interpretation and assessment to documentation of children’s early communications. Students design a learning environment that enables children to access a wide range of materials and situations for communication.

Please Note:  If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.

Assessments

  • Case Study (50%)
  • Essay (50%)
Textbooks


Click on the titles of the listed books below to find out more:

Literacy in Early Childhood and Primary Education: Issues, Challenges, Solutions

McLachlan, et al

Required

Learning Literacies Birth to Three

Laurie Makin

Required

Textbook information is pending.

Related degrees

undergraduate CUR-ECE-DEG-2019

Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Education

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