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.

  • Unit Title

    Science of Reading
  • Unit Code

    EDU6651
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Lorraine Sarah HAMMOND

Description

This unit is underpinned by seminal research in the science of reading and includes topics such as the development of reading, theoretical models that depict how the brain processes reading, anatomical and functional neuroimaging techniques, parts of the brain involved in reading and collectively how this information informs classroom practice. Much is known about how children learn to read, why some struggle, and how to effectively instruct and intervene. The focus in this unit is on the prevention of literacy-based Learning Difficulties and the support of students with Learning Disabilities through evidence-based instruction for young children through to adolescents.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse contemporary and historical theories and models of how the brain learns to read to evaluate reading methodologies.
  2. Synthesise the findings of international research reports on effective reading instruction to evaluate literacy practices in schools.
  3. Create and justify a learning plan to teach the essential components of reading.
  4. Critically reflect on teacher knowledge and the potential for gaps between research and practice in classrooms.
  5. Design and justify a whole of school approach to reading based on reading research.
  6. Develop effective practices to prevent reading failure in children and young people.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary and historical neurological, cognitive and behavioural theories and models of how the brain learns to read including: Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986), Scarborough’s Reading Rope (Scarborough, 2001), Ehri’s Stages of Reading (2005), Self-Teaching Hypothesis (Share, 1995), and Orthographic Mapping Theory (Kilpatrick, 2015).
  2. International research reports of effective reading instruction including National Reading Panel (2000), National Inquiry into the Teaching of Reading (2005) and Rose Report (2006).
  3. Effective pedagogies to teach oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and reading comprehension.
  4. Teacher knowledge of reading components and effective instruction, instructional coaching and monitoring student achievement to establish a whole school approach based on reading research.
  5. The scope and sequence of essential components of reading, selection of resources and assessments to establish a whole school approach based on reading research.
  6. Effective practices to prevent reading failure.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered5 x 6 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewReview of literature of a reading researcher and implications for classroom practice50%
ReportReview of a school scenario and powerpoint presentation for staff on the science of reading50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewReview of literature of a reading researcher and implications for classroom practice50%
ReportReview of a school scenario and powerpoint presentation for staff on the science of reading50%

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.

  • Unit Title

    Science of Reading
  • Unit Code

    EDU6651
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Lorraine Sarah HAMMOND

Description

This unit is underpinned by seminal research in the science of reading and includes topics such as the development of reading, theoretical models that depict how the brain processes reading, anatomical and functional neuroimaging techniques, parts of the brain involved in reading and collectively how this information informs classroom practice. Much is known about how children learn to read, why some struggle, and how to effectively instruct and intervene. The focus in this unit is on the prevention of literacy-based Learning Difficulties and the support of students with Learning Disabilities through evidence-based instruction for young children through to adolescents.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse contemporary and historical theories and models of how the brain learns to read to evaluate reading methodologies.
  2. Synthesise the findings of international research reports on effective reading instruction to evaluate literacy practices in schools.
  3. Create and justify a learning plan to teach the essential components of reading.
  4. Critically reflect on teacher knowledge and the potential for gaps between research and practice in classrooms.
  5. Design and justify a whole of school approach to reading based on reading research.
  6. Develop effective practices to prevent reading failure in children and young people.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary and historical neurological, cognitive and behavioural theories and models of how the brain learns to read including: Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986), Scarborough’s Reading Rope (Scarborough, 2001), Ehri’s Stages of Reading (2005), Self-Teaching Hypothesis (Share, 1995), and Orthographic Mapping Theory (Kilpatrick, 2015).
  2. International research reports of effective reading instruction including National Reading Panel (2000), National Inquiry into the Teaching of Reading (2005) and Rose Report (2006).
  3. Effective pedagogies to teach oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and reading comprehension.
  4. Teacher knowledge of reading components and effective instruction, instructional coaching and monitoring student achievement to establish a whole school approach based on reading research.
  5. The scope and sequence of essential components of reading, selection of resources and assessments to establish a whole school approach based on reading research.
  6. Effective practices to prevent reading failure.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered5 x 6 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewReview of literature of a reading researcher and implications for classroom practice50%
ReportReview of a school scenario and powerpoint presentation for staff on the science of reading50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewReview of literature of a reading researcher and implications for classroom practice50%
ReportReview of a school scenario and powerpoint presentation for staff on the science of reading50%

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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