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Literacy and Numeracy across the Curriculum
Postgraduate | CUR-MTS501 | 2019
Course information for 2019 intake
View information for 2020 course intakeExamine 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
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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 for numeracy and literacy within disciplines
- use discipline based literacy and numeracy research and models to create a learning plan that addresses 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
- A socio-cultural approach to literacy and numeracy - students 'Funds of Knowledge'
- Multiliteracies, mathematical literacy and new approaches to mathematical inquiry
- Discipline specific literacies and numeracies
- Literacy and Numeracy in the Australian Curriculum
- Literacy and Numeracy - strategies and resources
- Critical and creative literacy and numeracy across the curriculum
- Literacies and numeracies in the Digital Domain
- Effective teaching and learning strategies for literacy and numeracy within specific learning areas
- Planning effectively for literacy and numeracy across the curriculum - Part A
- Planning effectively for literacy and numeracy across the curriculum - Part B
- Consolidating and reflecting on personal literacy and numeracy
- Reflection and review
This subject examines literacy and numeracy as a dynamic, evolving, social, and cultural-historical construction, rather than being represented as a fixed body of skills. It focuses on identifying and understanding the literacy and numeracy demands and conventions in learning areas other than English and Mathematics. This is accomplished by developing an awareness of opportunities for the planning and application of critical literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum.
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- Presentation (40%)
- Exercises (60%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
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.
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