English: Teaching Reading and Writing

About this subject

• What you'll learn

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

  1. demonstrate knowledge acquisition and development of literacy (skills, knowledge) in relation to children’s affective dispositions and identities.
  2. examine and critique theoretical perspectives, including sociocultural and cognitive processes, for the teaching, learning and assessment of reading and writing and how they respond to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
  3. design and justify teaching, learning and assessment for teaching reading and writing linked to relevant curricula for young children.
  4. set teaching and learning goals for teaching reading and writing that provide achievable challenges for children of varying abilities and characteristics.

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• About Curtin University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-ECE-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
• CUR-BED-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)

Elective

• CUR-FAST-DEG-2026 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study

Prior study

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

one of

• CUR-EDC121-Introducing Language, Literacy and Literature for Educators (no longer available)

• CUR-EDUC1040-English: The Early Years

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-EDC231 (Not currently available)

• CUR-EDC235-Teaching Language, Literacy and Literature in Junior Primary (no longer available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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