Semester 3, 2022 Online | |
Units : | 1 |
Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
School or Department : | School of Education |
Grading basis : | Graded |
Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in: BECH or BEED or BPED or BGEN.
BECH or BEED only: Enrolment is not permitted if EDX1170 or EHE1100 has been previously completed.
BPED only: Enrolment is not permitted if EHF1100 has previously been completed.
Overview
Participation in many aspects of Australian life is dependent on effective communication in Standard Australian English. Developing effective skills for the teaching of English is one of the principal tasks of all teachers. Australian Teacher Education programmes must meet Australian Standards for accreditation including study in English as a priority Learning Area. Included in the Australian Government鈥檚 plan for quality education is a commitment to the teaching of reading instruction through an explicit focus on phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. Teachers of English should be familiar with theories of pedagogical practices, along with research-based strategies that facilitate planning for effective English teaching and learning with diverse groups of learners.
This course is part of a suite of four English courses for primary and early childhood pre-service educators. The course will address early reading instruction by using an evidence-based framework that teaches pre-service teachers how to teach and assess oral language, metalinguistic awareness, phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and oral language to students from Kindergarten to Year Two. A variety of children's literature, including multimodal texts and ICTS will be used.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- demonstrate an accurate knowledge of oral language, concepts of print, phonemic awareness, phonics, high frequency words, fluency and comprehension and identify links to the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum: English. (APST 2.1);
- developing knowledge and understanding of the literacy and numeracy general capabilities within early reading instruction (APST 2.5);
- demonstrate an understanding of a range of planning and teaching strategies including the design of appropriate and relevant resources, addressing the essential components of early reading instruction of children in order to develop independent readers. (APST 1.1, 2.1, 3.3, 3.4);
- identify and describe a flexible repertoire of approaches to the teaching and learning of early reading instruction and a range of teaching and assessment strategies, utilising multimodal approaches and ICTs (APST 1.2, 2.1, 2.6, 5.1 )
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of academic literature in relation to theories of reading and the evidence 鈥揵ased reading instruction process (APST2.1);
- demonstrate an understanding of a range of diagnostic and formative assessment strategies in relation to the essential components of early reading instruction (APST 5.1)
- demonstrate appropriate cognitive, literacy and communication skills, including spelling, grammar, punctuation and APA referencing.
Topics
Description | Weighting(%) | |
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1. | Oral language | 10.00 |
2. | Concepts of Print | 10.00 |
3. | Phonemic awareness | 10.00 |
4. | Phonics | 20.00 |
5. | High frequency words/vocabulary | 15.00 |
6. | Reading fluency | 20.00 |
7. | Comprehension strategies | 15.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
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Quiz | No | 20 | 1,2 |
Portfolio | No | 50 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Presentation (ind, grp, mltmd) | No | 30 | 1,2,3,4,7 |