Literacy and Numeracy across the Curriculum
PostgraduateCUR-MTS5012025
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.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 23 Nov 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 2 June 2025,
- 1 Dec 2025
- Price from
- $2,735
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Literacy and Numeracy across the Curriculum
About this subject
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, including ICT, for numeracy and literacy within disciplines
- use discipline-specific literacy and numeracy research and models to address the literacy and numeracy demands within a selected learning area
- 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
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.
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- Series of lesson plans addressing literacy and numeracy in a specific discipline (50%)
- Critical analysis using a disciplinary literacy and numeracy approach (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-SEC-MAS-2025 - Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
Access to Microsoft Office or a unit approved alternative, access to video creation and editing software.
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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Student feedback
9 student respondents between 26 Aug 2024 - 10 Mar 2025.
88%of students felt the study load was manageable
88%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills
Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)
PostgraduateCUR-SEC-MAS