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Unit of Study EDUC2021 - Storylines: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking (2022)

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  • Pre-requisites

    96 Credit Points

  • Enrolment information

    Bachelor of Education students must complete all first year units (96 CP) prior to enrolling in this unit to meet NESA Accreditation requirements.

Unit description

Emphasises the role of stories and narratives in meaningful and authentic teaching and learning. Students learn and integrate skills of reading, writing, listening, speaking and viewing through the medium of stories. The unit explores the use of personal and cultural stories for inclusive and differentiated pedagogies. It also provides students with opportunities to develop contemporary speaking skills and use of rhetoric for engaging and effective teaching. 

Unit content

Module 1. The Art and Science of Stories 
 
Module 2. The Teacher as Storyteller 
 
Module 3. Stories for Listening and Viewing 
 
Module 4. Stories for Speaking 
 
Module 5. Stories for Reading 
 
Module 6. Stories for Writing 

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
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Online
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Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

understand and explain the role of stories in traditional and contemporary teaching and learning

identify and apply developmentally and culturally inclusive strategies for teaching listening and viewing, reading, writing and speaking through story

understand and apply knowledge of pedagogies for teaching using children’s literature and other texts to develop children’s reading skills and knowledge.

identify and apply rhetorical strategies for teaching through story

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Phillips, L.G., & Nguyen, T.P.T. (Eds.) , 2021, Storytelling Pedagogy in Australia & Asia, 1st, Palgrave Macmillan., Melbourne, Australia. ISBN: 9811640084.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.