Literacies Across the Early Childhood Curriculum

Course aim

To extend and consolidate students’ views of multimodal literacies across the early childhood curriculum.

Course content

Includes all curriculum areas: literacy, numeracy, the arts, health and physical education, science and technology, society and the environment. Students will develop a site-based-project where contemporary literacies will be used to represent meaning in new and innovative multimodal ways. Topics will include: multiliteracies and learning; book-to-performance; video production in educational settings; roles taken planning and production; ethical and critical issues related to use of digital resources; assessment of the effectiveness of children’s digital learning while participating and creating texts within the digital environment.

Textbook(s)

Makin, L, Jones Diaz, C & McLachlan, C 2007, Literacies in childhood: changing views, challenging practice , 2nd edition, MacLennan & Petty, Sydney

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 1040	Professional Experience 4 (5 to 8 Years)

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture (Online lectures)	1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks
Field Placement (Fieldwork)	24 hours total x N/A
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External (Online lectures)	1 hour x 13 weeks
External (Self directed study)	N/A x 13 weeks
External (Fieldwork)	24 hours total x N/A

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

Assessment

Digital curriculum resource, Multimedia digital presentation of project, Project proposal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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