Postgraduate CUR-MTS501-2022
Literacy and Numeracy across the Curriculum
Examine literacy and numeracy as evolving, cultural and historical concepts rather than a finite set of skills. Learn how to prepare lesson plans that address the literacy and numeracy demands within your chosen major teaching area.
$2,306 $2,556
Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 28 Nov 2022
QS RANKING 2022
11
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
17
Subject details
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- research and explain contemporary literacy and numeracy theories, pedagogies and practices
- examine the literacy and numeracy demands and conventions across and within the curriculum
- evaluate and recommend a variety of teaching and learning strategies for literacy and numeracy within disciplines
- use discipline-specific literacy and numeracy research and models to address the literacy and numeracy demands within a selected learning area
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- What does it mean to be literate and numerate?
- Contemporary literacy theories, pedagogies and practices Exploring mathematical literacy and multiliteracies
- Discipline specific literacies and numeracies
- Literacy and Numeracy as a General Capability in the Australian Curriculum
- Critical and creative literacy and numeracy across the curriculum
- Literacies and numeracies in the digital domain
- Planning and assessing literacy and numeracy across the curriculum
- Consolidating and reflecting on personal literacy and numeracy
In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-SEC-MAS-2022
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
Access to Microsoft Office or a unit approved alternative, access to video creation and editing software.
This subject examines literacy and numeracy as a dynamic, evolving, social, and cultural construct. It focuses on identifying and understanding the literacy and numeracy demands and conventions in all learning areas, predominantly in subjects other than English and Mathematics. This is accomplished by developing an awareness of opportunities for the planning and application of disciplinary and critical literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum.
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.
- Series of lesson plans addressing literacy and numeracy in a specific discipline (50%)
- Critical analysis using a disciplinary literacy and numeracy approach (50%)
Current study term: 29 May 22 to 28 Aug 22
Numeracy Across the Curriculum: Research Based Strategies for Enhancing Teaching and Learning
Goos, M., et al.
ISBN 9781760297886
Required
Teaching Literacies: Pedagogies and Diversity
Henderson, R.
ISBN 9780190306380
Required
Next study term: 27 Nov 22 to 26 Feb 23
Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.