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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

    English in Middle and Upper Primary School

  • Unit Code

    LAN2260

  • Year

    2017

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Helen Joanne ADAM

Description

This unit examines language, literacy and literature in middle and upper primary school. Students will investigate relevant theories and teaching and learning models. They will also focus on planning for children?s diverse literacy needs across the curriculum within a framework that considers the relationships between assessment, teaching, learning and evaluation.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from LAN2240

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LAN3201, LIT2011

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge of childrens literature and its role in fostering literate practice in reading, writing and viewing.
  2. Apply knowledge of metacognitive strategies involved in the composition, comprehension and critical analysis of texts.
  3. Apply knowledge of theories to planning literacy teaching.
  4. Design English learning programs for children with diverse language needs which demonstrate understanding of the links between assessment, teaching, learning and evaluation.
  5. Investigate, select and evaluate a range of available technologies in terms of their capacity to support diverse childrens language learning.
  6. Investigate, select, evaluate and justify teaching and learning strategies that support childrens development in literacy.
  7. Use academic conventions and ICT's to productively express opinions and perspectives.

Unit Content

  1. Childrens literature, including strategies for response, interpretation and critique of texts.
  2. Curriculum documents for English, particularly as they relate to the middle and upper years of primary school.
  3. Grammar and vocabulary knowledge, including spelling competency, in middle and upper primary school children.
  4. Knowledge, skills and understandings related to comprehension, composition and critical analysis of texts, including associated metalanguage.
  5. Planning for the literacy learning of all children across the curriculum, including monitoring of childrens progress and assessment.
  6. Teaching and learning models and strategies for extending reading and writing, including reading and writing to learn across the curriculum.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, workshops, presentations using ICT and written assignments.

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
AssignmentAssignment - literacy planning document60%
AssignmentAssessment and Planning 40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment - literacy planning document60%
AssignmentAssessment and Planning40%

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

    English in Middle and Upper Primary School

  • Unit Code

    LAN2260

  • Year

    2017

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Helen Joanne ADAM

Description

This unit examines language, literacy and literature in middle and upper primary school. Students will investigate relevant theories and teaching and learning models. They will also focus on planning for children?s diverse literacy needs across the curriculum within a framework that considers the relationships between assessment, teaching, learning and evaluation.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from LAN2240

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LAN3201, LIT2011

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge of childrens literature and its role in fostering literate practice in reading, writing and viewing.
  2. Apply knowledge of metacognitive strategies involved in the composition, comprehension and critical analysis of texts.
  3. Apply knowledge of theories to planning literacy teaching.
  4. Design English learning programs for children with diverse language needs which demonstrate understanding of the links between assessment, teaching, learning and evaluation.
  5. Investigate, select and evaluate a range of available technologies in terms of their capacity to support diverse childrens language learning.
  6. Investigate, select, evaluate and justify teaching and learning strategies that support childrens development in literacy.
  7. Use academic conventions and ICT's to productively express opinions and perspectives.

Unit Content

  1. Childrens literature, including strategies for response, interpretation and critique of texts.
  2. Curriculum documents for English, particularly as they relate to the middle and upper years of primary school.
  3. Grammar and vocabulary knowledge, including spelling competency, in middle and upper primary school children.
  4. Knowledge, skills and understandings related to comprehension, composition and critical analysis of texts, including associated metalanguage.
  5. Planning for the literacy learning of all children across the curriculum, including monitoring of childrens progress and assessment.
  6. Teaching and learning models and strategies for extending reading and writing, including reading and writing to learn across the curriculum.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, workshops, presentations using ICT and written assignments.

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
AssignmentAssignment - literacy planning document60%
AssignmentAssessment and Planning 40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment - literacy planning document60%
AssignmentAssessment and Planning40%

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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