Early Literacies and Play-Based Pedagogies

• Topics

  • Play-based pedagogies, research approaches, and early literacy theories
  • Literacy as a social practice: families, cultures, and communities
  • Observing, listening, and documenting children engaged in literacy events
  • Oral language: communication, music, and storytelling
  • Emergent literacy: signs, markings, and writing
  • Perspectives and approaches for reading and writing.
  • Multiliteracies, multimodal approaches, and digital pedagogies
  • Researching and designing literacy rich environments: play based learning and intentional teaching
  • Analysing data to assess children's literacy learning
  • Honouring diversity and engaging families
  • Reflection

• Study resources

  • Instructional Methods

    • Chat Rooms
    • Disscusion forum/Discussion Board
    • Embedded Multimedia
    • Online assignment submission
    • Standard Media
    • Web links

  • Online Materials

    • Online Assessment
    • Resources and Links
    • Audio-Video streaming

No eligibility requirements

Special requirements

• OtherDetails -

  Access to Microsoft Office or a unit approved alternative, Access to video creation and editing software

This subject examines early literacy theories and perspectives, with an emphasis on play-based pedagogies and research approaches. Pre-service teachers will create literacy-rich settings by developing a research question, designing a literacy project and documenting children’s literacy learning. The experiences and perspectives of families will be sought and the relationship between home literacy practices and early literacy learning will be investigated.

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• Assignment 1 - Investigation (50%)
• Assignment 2 - Report (50%)

Textbooks are subject to change within the academic year. Students are advised to purchase their books no earlier than one to two months before the start of a subject.