Enrolments for 2020 have closed.
Teaching Language, Literacy and Literature in Junior Primary
Undergraduate | CUR-EDC235 | 2020
Previously CUR-EDC231
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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
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one of
CUR-EDS101-Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum (no longer available)
CUR-EDC131-Language and Literacy for Teachers (no longer available)
- CUR-EDC121-Introducing Language, Literacy and Literature for Educators
- CUR-EDS107-Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
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-Teaching Language and Literacy in Junior Primary (no longer 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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