EDUC3038

Extended Studies in the Humanities

10 Units 3000 Level Course

Available in 2014

Callaghan Campus Semester 1
Ourimbah Semester 1

Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009

This course is designed to extend students theoretical understanding of literacy, and practical application of literacy teaching methodologies in the Humanities. Students will analyse the functional, cultural, personal, and critical literacy demands of their disciplinary specialisation, and expand their repertoire of strategies for teaching reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and representing in the secondary classroom. Attention will also be given to the selection of appropriate methodologies and materials for students who require additional language and literacy support, and to cater for the learning needs of multilingual students.

Objectives Upon completion of this course, students will be expected to:

1)Understand contemporary models of literacy and language development.
2)Identify the multimodal literacy demands of their disciplinary specialisation.
3)Develop an understanding of functional, cultural, personal, and critical literacies.
4)Identify the language and literacy capacities and needs of students in their care.
5)Demonstrate a capacity to design curriculum using research-informed models and apply strategies for assessing and teaching language and literacy of native English speakers, students from Non-English speaking backgrounds, and students with additional language and literacy needs.
Content This course will address:

* The literacy debates and the Changing Dimensions of Literacy in the 21st Century.
* The Four Resources Model and literacy as a social practice.
* Functional, Cultural, Personal, and Critical Literacies.
* Running Records and Miscue Analysis in the teaching and assessing of Reading and Writing.
* The Literacy Learning Cycle (Modelling, Guiding, Fading)
* Teaching Receptive and Productive Language skills in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
* Teaching Visual and Performative Literacies in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Replacing Course(s) This course will replace EDUC4070 for students in the BTeach/BA and BTeach/BFA.
Transition Completion of EDUC4070 before 2010 will be considered the equivalent of completing EDUC3038.
Industrial Experience 0
Assumed Knowledge Students must be majoring in an area of the Humanities or Social Sciences.
Modes of Delivery Internal Mode
Teaching Methods Lecture
Integrated Learning
Assessment Items
Other: (please specify) Assignment 1 - 20%

This assignment should engage students in an autobiographical exploration of their own literacy and language development, and result in the production of a multimodal narrative text that demonstrates an applied understanding of functional, cultural, personal, and critical literacies.
Case Scenario/PBL exercises Assignment 2 - 30%

Students should evaluate two samples of student work in the area of their subject specialisation. At least one sample will be from a student from a non-English speaking background. Students must evaluate and provide feedback to the authors on what they are doing well, where their written work needs work, and how it might be improved.
Projects Assignment 3 - 50%

Students should develop a unit of work, or assessment task and lesson sequence, for students from diverse backgrounds, that demonstrates their understanding of literacy teaching methodologies.
Contact Hours Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Tutorial: for 12 hour(s) per Term for Full Term
Timetables 2014 Course Timetables for EDUC3038