Studies in English Education 1

Course aim

To engage students with theoretical perspectives and teaching and learning strategies for reading and writing conventional, multimodal and literary texts.

Course content

Socio-cultural model of language and literacy; reading, designing and producing multimodal texts; verbal and visual grammar: linguistic functional grammar; creating cohesive texts; roles and practices in reading and writing conventional, multimodal and literary texts; development in reading and writing; visual and digital literacies; planning, pedagogy, resourcing and assessment of student learning.

Textbook(s)

Early Childhood and Primary specialisations: Hill, S 2006, Developing early literacy: assessment and teaching, Eleanor Curtain Publishing, Prahan, VIC

Primary Middle specialisation: Winch, G et al 2006, Literacy: reading, writing and children's literature, 4th edition, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, VIC

All specialisations: Derewianka, B & Jones, P 2012, Teaching Language in Context, 1st ed, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, VIC

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 1076	Language and Literacy for Learning

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Workshop	2 hours x 13 weeks
Lecture (Online lecture)	1 hour x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop	2 hours x 13 weeks
Lecture (Online lecture)	1 hour x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online learning activities)	2 hours x 13 weeks
External (Online lecture)	1 hour x 13 weeks

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

Assessment

Case study, Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.