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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Curriculum Support for Teachers and Learners

  • Unit Code

    EAP0204

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    5

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Catherine Alison HUME

Description

This unit develops an understanding of the Australian and Western Australian Curricula and their role in directing the teaching and learning in West Australian educational contexts. The curriculum of English and Mathematics will be examined with an emphasis on developing an understanding of the content, outcomes, strategies and approaches to teaching and learning in these learning areas. Current assessment routines and procedures will be examined and analysed with reference to the diverse groups of learners across pre-primary - year 10 educational contexts.

Co-Requisite Rule

Must have passed or be enrolled in EAP0221.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge of current assessment routines and practices within a range of educational contexts.
  2. Articulate the role of the environment in the teaching and learning of literacy and numeracy.
  3. Describe the structure, content and approaches relevant to the teaching and learning in the English Learning Area.
  4. Describe the structure, content and approaches relevant to the teaching and learning in the Mathematics Learning Area.
  5. Outline the structure and purpose of The Early Years Learning Framework in early childhood settings and identify the embedded literacy and mathematical outcomes.
  6. Outline the structure and purpose of the Australian Curriculum for pre-primary-year 12.
  7. Select and implement a wide range of strategies applicable to supporting the development of literacy skills for diverse groups of learners across pre-primary-12 education contexts.
  8. Select and implement a wide range of strategies applicable to supporting the development of numeracy skills for diverse groups of learners across pre-primary-year 12 education contexts.

Unit Content

  1. The Australian and Western Australian Curricula.
  2. The teaching-learning cycle.
  3. Early mathematics teaching and learning.
  4. The Mathematics Learning Area of the Australian Curriculum for pre-primary-year 10.
  5. Mathematics and learning difficulties.
  6. Early literacy teaching and learning.
  7. The English Learning Area of the Australian Curriculum for pre-primary - year 10.
  8. Literacy and learning difficulties.
  9. Learning literacy theory and development.
  10. Current assessment practices.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour lecture13 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorial13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour lecture13 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour tutorial13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, videos, demonstrations and practical learning activities

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestQuiz 110%
ReviewResource review (Mathematics)40%
TestQuiz 210%
ExaminationExam40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestQuiz 110%
ReviewResource review (Mathematics) 40%
TestQuiz 210%
ExaminationExam40%

Core Reading(s)

  • n.d. (2018). Communications toolkit (4.). South Melbourne, Vic: Cengage Learning Australia. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1011492868

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Curriculum Support for Teachers and Learners

  • Unit Code

    EAP0204

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    5

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Catherine Alison HUME

Description

This unit develops an understanding of the Australian and Western Australian Curricula and their role in directing the teaching and learning in West Australian educational contexts. The curriculum of English and Mathematics will be examined with an emphasis on developing an understanding of the content, outcomes, strategies and approaches to teaching and learning in these learning areas. Current assessment routines and procedures will be examined and analysed with reference to the diverse groups of learners across pre-primary - year 10 educational contexts.

Co-Requisite Rule

Must have passed or be enrolled in EAP0221.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge of current assessment routines and practices within a range of educational contexts.
  2. Articulate the role of the environment in the teaching and learning of literacy and numeracy.
  3. Describe the structure, content and approaches relevant to the teaching and learning in the English Learning Area.
  4. Describe the structure, content and approaches relevant to the teaching and learning in the Mathematics Learning Area.
  5. Outline the structure and purpose of The Early Years Learning Framework in early childhood settings and identify the embedded literacy and mathematical outcomes.
  6. Outline the structure and purpose of the Australian Curriculum for pre-primary-year 12.
  7. Select and implement a wide range of strategies applicable to supporting the development of literacy skills for diverse groups of learners across pre-primary-12 education contexts.
  8. Select and implement a wide range of strategies applicable to supporting the development of numeracy skills for diverse groups of learners across pre-primary-year 12 education contexts.

Unit Content

  1. The Australian and Western Australian Curricula.
  2. The teaching-learning cycle.
  3. Early mathematics teaching and learning.
  4. The Mathematics Learning Area of the Australian Curriculum for pre-primary-year 10.
  5. Mathematics and learning difficulties.
  6. Early literacy teaching and learning.
  7. The English Learning Area of the Australian Curriculum for pre-primary - year 10.
  8. Literacy and learning difficulties.
  9. Learning literacy theory and development.
  10. Current assessment practices.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour lecture13 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorial13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour lecture13 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour tutorial13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, videos, demonstrations and practical learning activities

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestQuiz 110%
ReviewResource review (Mathematics)40%
TestQuiz 210%
ExerciseTime-Sensitive Assessment Task - Understanding the Curriculum 40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestQuiz 110%
ReviewResource review (Mathematics) 40%
TestQuiz 210%
ExerciseTime-Sensitive Assessment Task - Understanding the Curriculum 40%

Core Reading(s)

  • n.d. (2018). Communications toolkit (4.). South Melbourne, Vic: Cengage Learning Australia. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1011492868
  • n.d. (2018). Communications toolkit (4.). South Melbourne, Vic: Cengage Learning Australia. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1011492868

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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