Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

309299 (v.1) Ed 477 - Issues in Literacy Teaching and Learning

Area:

 Department of Education

Credits:

 25.0

Contact Hours:

 3.0
 
** 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. **
 

Lecture:

 1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

 Explores current issues and influences in the social construction of literacy in and out of schools. The course has two sections. In the first section there will be a focus on the values, beliefs, and world views that underpin literacy and the institutional rituals and practices that serve or marginalise particular social or cultural groups in schools. Issues such as the differences between socially constructed literacy practices valued by schools and those practices used by children from diverse backgrounds will be described, analysed and compared and their impact on the classroom and learning will be investigated. The second section will examine the development of designs for learning based on multi-literary frameworks as a response to changes in technology, work, visual communication, diversity and social mobility.
 
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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
Availability Information has not been provided by the respective School or Area. Prospective students should contact the School or Area listed above for further information.

 
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