Extending English in the Primary Years

About this subject

• What you'll learn

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

  1. critique paradigms and pedagogies of English as a learning area
  2. analyse and critique paradigms and pedagogies of the English learning are as they apply to teaching contexts
  3. demonstrate an understanding of higher order, critical and creative thinking for teaching English to extend learners in the upper primary years
  4. design and justify a cross-curricular plan using discipline knowledge, principles and concepts in primary English for a diversity of learners
  5. generate assessment strategies to monitor, measure, provide feedback and make consistent and comparable judgements of student learning in primary English

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• 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-PRI-MAS-2024 - Master of Teaching (Primary Education)

Prior study

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

• CUR-MTP502-Primary Professional Experience 1: Planning for Writing

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.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.