Undergraduate UNE-EDEE300-2022
Literacies and Numeracies in Context
$1,900 $3,190
Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
16 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 27 Jun 2022
- 24 Oct 2022
QS RANKING 2022
36
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
N/A
Subject details
Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- explore and consider the application of home and community literacy practices, including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and others from diverse backgrounds, and consider these in relation to the development of teaching, learning and assessment strategies at school (GTSD 1.3.1, 1.4.1, 2.4.1, 7.4.1);
- identify strategies to engage students across the full range of abilities in relevant, critically challenging, curriculum-based activities to build literacy and numeracy skills (GTSD 1.5.1, 2.5.1);
- build a repertoire of explicit and effective literacy and numeracy teaching strategies appropriate to relevant syllabus documents including the application of ICT and the New Literacies to engage students in their learning, evaluate teaching programs, and improve learning (GTSD 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.6.1);
- analyse student work samples to identify areas of literacy/numeracy need, provide accurate and appropriate oral and written feedback, modify teaching practice, and develop strategies for student support, including the support of students with additional learning needs (GTSD 1.5.1, 4.1.1, 5.1.1, 5.4.1); and
- interpret and demonstrate knowledge of NSW or other syllabus documents that address literacy and numeracy demands, to program and plan units of work and demonstrate an understanding of the importance of a continuing focus on literacy and numeracy across all areas of the curriculum (GTSD 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.5.1, 3.2.1).
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- Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects Learning Management System site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.
In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- UNE-SPE-DEG-2021
- UNE-SPE-DEG-2022
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media) Headset, including microphone (highly recommended) Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
- Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. For additional information please visit UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
Literacies and numeracies form the foundations for future learning. As a teacher in a classroom, you need to engage students from diverse backgrounds and with a range of learning needs. You will examine the literacy and numeracy demands, requirements and teaching strategies relevant to all curriculum areas. This subject provides you with conceptual frameworks to support understanding, and practical guidance to plan and deliver a program which addresses language, literacy, and numeracy in all subject areas. Special attention is given to your personal literacy and numeracy skills and your obligation to achieve and maintain the highest standards of literacy and numeracy as part of your professional practice.
Assessment 1: 1500 words. Assessment Notes: Essay. Relates to GTSD: 1.3.1, 1.4.1, 1.5.1, 2.4.1, 4.1.1, 5.1.1, 5.4.1, 7.4.1 Relates to Learning Outcomes 1, 4 Assessment 2: 200 words equivalent. Assessment Notes: 2x Online Quiz's. Relates to GTSD: 1.3.1, 1.4.1, 1.5.1, 2.4.1, 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.6.1, 4.1.1, 5.1.1, 5.4.1, 7.4.1 Relates to Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4 Assessment 3: 2000 words. Assessment Notes: Forum Participation. Relates to GTSD: 1.3.1, 1.4.1, 1.5.1, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.4.1, 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.6.1, 4.1.1, 5.1.1, 5.4.1, 7.4.1. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Assessment 4: 2000 words Assessment Notes: Teaching Portfolio, Relates to GTSD: 1.5.1, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.6.1, 4.1.1, 5.1.1, 5.4.1 Relates to Learning Outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5
- Assessment 1 - Essay (30%)
- Assessment 2 - 2x Quizzes (10%)
- Assessment 3 - Forum Participation (10%)
- Assessment 4 - Teaching Portfolio (50%)
Current study term: 26 Jun 22 to 23 Sep 22
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Next study term: 23 Oct 22 to 02 Dec 22
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