Teaching Language, Literacy and Literature in Junior Primary
UndergraduateCUR-EDC2352025
Previously CUR-EDC231
Learn the skills, conventions and processes for teaching English to children. You’ll explore current theories in English teaching, learn the key elements for early reading and writing, and see the importance of Children’s Literature.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 24 Aug 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025,
- 1 Sept 2025
- Price from
- $666
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Teaching Language, Literacy and Literature in Junior Primary
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- develop a knowledge base of the literacy practices, programs and approaches for teaching English to children in junior primary
- critique and contest current theories and issues in teaching English to a linguistically diverse group of children in junior primary
- analyse effective teaching of language, literature and literacies curriculum for a diverse group of junior primary children
- design and create learning experiences which link theory and practice for effective teaching of language, literature and literacies for junior primary children.
- Principles of the effective literacy teacher
- Talking to learn
- The sounds of language
- Culturally relevant practices for reading and writing – knowing students
- Theories of literacy development
- Literacy pedagogy
- Emergent readers and writers
- Beginning readers and writers. The ECE classroom.
- Older children and effective assessment
- Children’s Literature
- Technology and reading to learn
- Working with children who may find learning literacy difficult
- Your identity as a teacher of literacy
This subject was previously known as EDC231 Teaching Language and Literacy in Junior Primary.
This subject engages students by developing their knowledge base of language, literacy and literature in the Junior Primary phase of schooling. It expands on this knowledge by encouraging critical analysis of key theories and practices in the teaching of English to diverse groups, culminating in the ability to design purposeful learning opportunities.
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- Exercise (50%)
- eTest (20%)
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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-ECE-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
- CUR-BED-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)
Elective
- CUR-FAST-DEG-2025 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
one of
CUR-EDS101 (Not currently available)
CUR-EDC131 (Not currently available)
- CUR-EDC121-Introducing Language, Literacy and Literature for Educators
CUR-EDS107-Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum (no longer available)
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
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)
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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Student feedback
8 student respondents between 20 May - 3 June 2024.
62%of students felt the study load was manageable
87%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
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
UndergraduateCUR-ECE-DEG
Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)
UndergraduateCUR-BED-DEG
Fast track your Curtin on campus study
UndergraduateCUR-FAST-DEG