Pre-requisites

ED520.306 Developmental Learning and Pedagogy
ED521.306 Twenty-first Century Learning and Teaching
ED621.306 Ecology and Management of Learning Environments

Co-requisites

None.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• Plan and organise lesson scope and sequences according to appropriate content, student learning needs and effective teaching strategies in English

• Analyse curriculum and assessment for the primary years of schooling appropriate to English

• Analyse literacy needs, and apply and evaluate strategies to target and improve students’ levels of communication in English

• Communicate a high level of knowledge and understanding of the structure and substance of English appropriate to the students’ learning needs.

• Demonstrate personal proficiencies in English

• Incorporate ICT into planning and teaching of English appropriate to the learning and teaching context.

• Compare Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Christian perspectives on English content and pedagogies.

Unit Description

In this unit, pre-service teachers will appreciate children’s capacities to learn about and through English language, literacy and literature. Through this unit pre-service teachers will evaluate the opportunities that learning English provides for children to understand themselves and their world. Pre-service teachers will explore a wide range of applications of Englishlanguage, literacy and literature and develop strategies to use and integrate English knowledge and skills within other curriculum areas.

Through this unit students will analyse contemporary theories of how children develop mastery in English. They will identify key aspects in children’s development of concepts and skills. The unit will cover strategies for effective pedagogies, assessment and curriculum design for developing children’s knowledge and skills in English. Pre-service teachers will appreciate the need for and develop inclusive practices for all children, particularly those with English as a second language or dialect. They will evaluate and develop strategies to enable children from a range of diversities and contexts to succeed in learning. The unit will cover the complexities of English and key curriculum documents such as Victorian Curriculum Foundation-10 and Australian Curriculum and the learning theories that underpin them. Through the unit students will examine a range of pedagogies to enable students’ effective learning about, in and through English including: English language and how it works, literary texts, and how to interpret and create texts. This will include exploring the integration of ICT for enhancing learning in English as well as the use of digital technologies for a range of purposes in English such as word processing and publishing.

The unit will also focus on developing pre-service teachers’ personal proficiencies in English as well as proficiencies in the use of related digital technologies to enable their own and children’s learning.

Pre-service teachers will discuss social, cultural and Christian perspectives on English and pedagogies for teaching and learning in English, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, and will consider how their own understandings of Christian writings inform their teaching of English. The professional practice units will provide students with the opportunity to link theory to practice.

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Unit offerings

Face to face: (Every Year, Semester 1)

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.