Primary English Curriculum and Pedagogy
PostgraduateTAS-EMT6112027
Course information for 2027 intake View information for 2026 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 14 Feb 2027
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Price from
- $2,690
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Primary English Curriculum and Pedagogy
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Apply your theoretical knowledge of the English discipline to interpret texts and their potential for teaching.
- Apply the skills of textual analysis to (a) children’s writing samples; and (b) children’s literature.
- Transform your knowledge of theory and pedagogies to design critical and creative classroom experiences.
- Module 1: Focus - Writing
- Knowing how texts work
- Written grammar
- Recount genres
- Information genres
- Persuasive genres
- Module 2: Focus - Reading and Viewing
- Reading for meaning
- Reading between the lines - literature and context
- Reading the visual world
- Visual representation - literary features
- Aesthetic features
- Semiotic features
- Designing a unit of work
Children encounter a wide range of texts in their lives. They are expected to read, interpret, and create these texts across learning areas. This subject emphasises explicit instruction in reading and writing, with a focus on genre, grammar, and curriculum alignment. Students explore how socio-cultural contexts shape meaning, and how texts vary in field, tenor, and mode. Evidence-based practices are used to support literacy teaching, learning, and assessment. Written genres such as recounts, explanations, reports, and persuasive texts are taught across subjects. The subject also investigates children’s literature, with a deep study of picture books to support multimodal comprehension and critical literacy. Students learn to teach reading and writing with clarity, confidence, and disciplinary knowledge.
- Writing with Subject Knowledge: Reading to Understand, Writing to Express (40%)
- Reading, Viewing, Designing: Multimodal Literacy (40%)
- Teaching Writing through Text Analysis (20%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
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:
TAS-EMT511-Foundations of Primary English (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).
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Weekly online lecture (1 hour), weekly online tutorial (2 hours), independent learning (8 hours)
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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