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Unit Summary
Pre-requisites
96 Credit points in a Bachelor of Education course OR admission to the 1209001 - Master of Teaching
Anti-requisites
Unit aim
Introduces students to a wide range of literature that provides insight into Aboriginal, multicultural and children’s experiences, including literary, visual and multimedia texts. It supports students to understand early language acquisition from 0-5 years and provides an introduction to related issues of child development. Additionally, students will gain an understanding of the teaching and learning of reading and writing in years K-6 and evidence-based approaches to teach and assess these skills.
Unit content
Module 1: Acquisition of Language
Module 2: Theories of Language Acquisition
Module 3: Children's Literature and Diversity
Module 4: Literacy - Reading Development
Module 5: Literacy - Teaching Reading
Module 6: Literacy - Teaching Writing
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate engagement with a wide range of texts including literary, visual and multimedia texts and study literature that gives insights into Aboriginal, multicultural and children’s experiences, for example texts from Australia and children’s literature |
| 2 | understand early language acquisition from 0-5 years and an introduction to related issues of child development |
| 3 | demonstrate an understanding of the teaching and learning of reading, the impact of electronic multimedia and digital literacies |
| 4 | demonstrate an understanding of the teaching of reading and writing in years K-6, including phonemic awareness, systematic phonics instruction, sentence structure, and evidence-based approaches related to how to assess reading and writing, particularly for students who are at risk of falling behind, and monitoring student progress in reading. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate engagement with a wide range of texts including literary, visual and multimedia texts and study literature that gives insights into Aboriginal, multicultural and children’s experiences, for example texts from Australia and children’s literature
- understand early language acquisition from 0-5 years and an introduction to related issues of child development
- demonstrate an understanding of the teaching and learning of reading, the impact of electronic multimedia and digital literacies
- demonstrate an understanding of the teaching of reading and writing in years K-6, including phonemic awareness, systematic phonics instruction, sentence structure, and evidence-based approaches related to how to assess reading and writing, particularly for students who are at risk of falling behind, and monitoring student progress in reading.
Prescribed texts
- Fellowes, J., & Oakley, G. , 2019, Language, Literacy, and Early Childhood Education , 3rd ed., Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780190318567.
- Fellowes, J., & Oakley, G. , 2019, Language, Literacy, and Early Childhood Education , 3rd ed., Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780190318567.