English Education (Junior Primary)

Course aim

To engage preservice teachers with theoretical perspectives and teaching and learning strategies for reading and writing conventional, multimodal and literary texts in the junior primary years.

Course content

Preservice teachers will develop knowledge of text production from a semiotic perspective, inclusive of linguistic and non-linguistic modalities and of a range of production technologies. Preservice teachers will also focus on text reception, meaning reading and viewing. Preservice teachers will develop practical skills of producing and interpreting texts in a range of genres using a range of methods. They will learn how educators, working within current English curriculum frameworks, employ specific strategies to facilitate and assess literacy development in educational contexts in the junior primary years.

Textbook(s)

McDonald, L 2013, A literature companion for teachers, 2nd ed, PETAA, Newtown

Seely- Flint A et al 2017, Literacy in Australia, 2nd ed, Wiley ( e-book or print version)

Derewianka, B & Jones, P 2017, Teaching Language in Context, 2nd ed, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne

Callow, Jon 2013, The Shape of Text to Come, PETAA, Newtown

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Tutorial	3 hours x 12 weeks

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

Assessment

Portfolio, Presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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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.