Early Electronic Literacies

Course aim

Early electronic literacies involves teachers investigating and critically analysing the early electronic literacies in the curriculum in childcare, preschool, kindergarten, reception and the first years of school; exploring the connections between home, community and educational settings and evaluating and assessing children’s learning of electronic literacies.

Course content

Theoretical frameworks underpinning new literacies, eg semiotic theory; conducting a practical case study project in an early childhood setting; the relationship between emergent print-based reading and writing and new literacies; developing a new literacies curriculum for early childhood education; models for analysing children’s learning with new literacies; critical analysis of the hardware and software for new literacies in the early childhood context.

Textbook(s)

Hill, S 2004, Mapping Multiliteracies: Children of the New Millennium, University of South Australia and the Department of Education and Children¿s Services

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External	130 hours x over 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Learning Journal, Project proposal, Project report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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