| Area: |
Department of Education |
| Credits: |
25.0 |
| Contact Hours: |
3.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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| Lecture: |
1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): |
301200 (v.2) Ed 348 - Literacy Education I or any previous version
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| Syllabus: |
A range of historical and theoretical perspectives underpinning teaching and learning in English in primary schools is examined. There is a particular focus on the role of reading and viewing social constructs. Students will gain insights into children'sacquisition of reading and viewing skills and the different processes involved in reading and viewing. Examination of the repertoire of practices used by readers and viewers as text code breakers, text participants, text users and text analysts. Studentswill also examine and implement a range of general strategies for teaching reading and viewing and opportunities are also provided for the practical application of a repertoire diagnostic and instructional practices suitable primary school children. Progress maps, diagnostic instruments and intervention programs and resources are examined. Students will plan, present and evaluate literacy lessons and design a sequence of literacy learning experiences to cater for a range of students. The development of the ability to teach functional and critical literacy skills is a particularly important focus in this unit. |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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| Field of Education: | 070103 Teacher Education: Primary |
| Funding Cluster: | 11 - Education |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Partially Online Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
Fully Online |
| 2005 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 2 |
Y |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
Partially
Online
Internal | refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
Fully
Online | refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
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