Overview

This is the second of two topics related to the teaching of English and literacy that are studied during this education course. The Australian Curriculum: English is made up of three interrelated strands - Language, Literature and Literacy. This topic is designed to provide the knowledge and skills to teach … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to:

  • Provide unit planning opportunities for teaching a variety of genres aligned with the literature strand of the Australian Curriculum: English
  • Introduce a repertoire of research-based pedagogic practice that account for students of diversity
  • Develop knowledge about when and how to use a range of assessment practices that guide teaching and learning and subsequent reporting
  • Encourage an enactment of socially just approaches to teaching English and literacy
  • Create opportunities - in the context of teaching primary English - to plan for and undertake future-focussed research on practice
  • Provide support for self-reflection and the collection of meaningful 'artefacts of practice' in line with the graduate level of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
1.
Locate and analyse the structures and the Standard of the Australian Curriculum: English - and/or other authorised curriculum frameworks - and discuss how they align with literature, language and literacy learning in a primary classroom
2.
Plan for the ongoing teaching of English and literacy in a primary classroom
3.
Compare and apply a range of research-based pedagogic practice/s that cater for students of diversity
4.
Design and schedule a range of assessment and reporting practices specific to literacy and English outcomes
5.
Plan and conduct future-focussed research on practice, and critique how this informs developing 'illustrations of practice' in relation to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers

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