EDUC4748

Advanced Literacy Studies

Faculty of Education and Arts School of Education

10 Units 4000 Level Course

Available in 2014

Callaghan Campus	Semester 1
Ourimbah	Semester 1
Port Macquarie Nth Coast Inst	Semester 1

Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011

This course will explore current research on childrens language acquisition, and the teaching, learning and assessment of reading (including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension); instructional approaches for developing childrens concepts of print, grammar, punctuation, spelling and handwriting; and strategies for teaching and assessing the composition of digital and multi-modal texts. Students will learn how to interpret school-based and system-wide literacy data, and to consider related issues of literacy practices in the home, child language development, the diverse language backgrounds of students, intercultural awareness, and inclusiveness, in order to make informed decisions about student literacy needs.

Objectives

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

1. Identify the key stages in childrens early language acquisition.
2. Apply a range of models of pedagogy for teaching and assessing the components of reading (including strategies for teaching and assessing phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension).
3. Apply instructional approaches for developing childrens concepts of print, grammar, punctuation, spelling and handwriting.
4. Apply strategies for teaching and assessing the composition of digital and multi-modal texts
5. Interpret school-based and system-wide literacy data.
6. Consider the relative impact of literacy practices in the home, child language development, the diverse language backgrounds of students in order to make informed decisions about student literacy needs.
7. Demonstrate intercultural awareness and inclusiveness,
8. Discuss the concept of multiliteracies.

Content

* Stages in childrens early language acquisition.
* Models of pedagogy for teaching and assessing the components of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension).
* Instructional approaches for developing childrens concepts of print, grammar, punctuation, spelling and handwriting.
* Interpreting school-based and system-wide literacy data.
* The impact of literacy practices in the home, child language development, and the diverse language backgrounds of students on childrens language and literacy development.
* Intercultural awareness and inclusive practices.
* Multiliteracies and strategies for designing, teaching and assessing the composition of digital and multi-modal texts.

Replacing Course(s)

EDUC4057

Transition

N/A

Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

LING1110, EDUC1738, EDUC3185

Modes of Delivery

Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Lecture
Tutorial

Assessment Items

Essays / Written Assignments	Assignment 2: 40% 1,500 words or equivalent; Design a class literacy integrated program incorporating multiliteracies that could be implemented in a casual teaching context.
Case Scenario/PBL exercises	Assignment 1: 60% 2,500 words or equivalent. Data Analysis of student work and class literacy overview. Provision of feedback on student work; Rating of student work against system-wide literacy data. Design a class literacy overview incorporating an individual literacy plan using student data and utilising a multi-modal text in small groups.

Contact Hours

Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for 12 weeks
Tutorial: for 2 hour(s) per Week for 12 weeks

Compulsory Components

Requisite by Enrolment	This course is only available to students enrolled in the: Bachelor of Teaching

Timetables