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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

    English 2: Literacy Learning in the Early Years

  • Unit Code

    LAN2266

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Leonie Nicole MENZEL

Description

This unit introduces students to literacy teaching and learning in early childhood with a focus on developing an understanding of young children's learning and development in reading and writing. Students will examine different theoretical perspectives of reading and writing learning and development, as well as key practices, learning experiences and resources used in different early childhood settings. Also covered are methods for monitoring, assessing, and planning for literacy development and learning. The relationship between cultural, linguistic and family diversity and how these connect to literacy learning is investigated. Further, there is a focus on developing family and community partnerships to support ongoing language and literacy learning.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LAN2265, LIT2110

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Define literacy and describe the different theoretical perspectives of reading and writing learning and development.
  2. Demonstrate a repertoire of key practices and learning experiences for the teaching and learning of literacy for a range of early childhood settings.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of the use of texts and other resources for different teaching and learning purposes and settings.
  4. Describe guidelines and principles for planning for early literacy learning using the Early Years Learning Framework, Australian Curriculum documents.
  5. Describe the process of literacy learning in the early years.
  6. Explain the skills, concepts and strategies that are important to literacy learning and how to assess them.
  7. Outline the social and cultural factors that influence literacy learning.

Unit Content

  1. Australian Curriculum: English and the Early Years Learning Framework.
  2. Childrens literature, reading materials and resources for the inclusive classroom (inc. the use of ICT).
  3. Definitions and theoretical perspectives of literacy learning and development.
  4. Family and community literacy practcies and strategies for developing partnerships.
  5. Formal and informal literacy assessments, including concepts about print; phonological awareness; graphophonic knowledge; alphabet knowledge; vocabulary; comprehension, motivation, family literacy.
  6. Guidelines and principles for planning.
  7. Key practices and learning experiences, with emphasis on: modelled, shared, guided and independent strategies, Language Experience Approach and reciprocal teaching.
  8. Learning to read / phases and progression to literacy competency and the factors that influence learning to read from a global and cross cultural perspective.
  9. Play and learning to read.
  10. The reading and writing processes and the skills, concepts and strategies, with emphasis on: phonological awareness; phonemic awareness; graphophonics; word recognition and decoding; print and text concepts; comprehension; oral language, and; vocabulary.

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 210 x 1 hour lecture10 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 210 x 2 hour tutorial10 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, workplace experiences and independent learning modules and activities, online learning

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
Creative WorkLanguage and Literacy Resource10%
AssignmentWritten assignment50%
ExaminationExamination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkLanguage and Literacy Resource10%
AssignmentWritten Assignment50%
ExaminationExamination40%

Core Reading(s)

  • Fellowes, J., & Oakley, G. (2019). Language, literacy and early childhood. Language, literacy and early childhood (3rd edition). Oxford. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.ecu.edu.au/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=5979409
  • Fellowes, J., & Oakley, G. (2019). Language, literacy and early childhood education (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=5979409

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

    English 2: Literacy Learning in the Early Years

  • Unit Code

    LAN2266

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Leonie Nicole MENZEL

Description

This unit introduces students to literacy teaching and learning in early childhood with a focus on developing an understanding of young children's learning and development in reading and writing. Students will examine different theoretical perspectives of reading and writing learning and development, as well as key practices, learning experiences and resources used in different early childhood settings. Also covered are methods for monitoring, assessing, and planning for literacy development and learning. The relationship between cultural, linguistic and family diversity and how these connect to literacy learning is investigated. Further, there is a focus on developing family and community partnerships to support ongoing language and literacy learning.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LAN2265, LIT2110

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Define literacy and describe the different theoretical perspectives of reading and writing learning and development.
  2. Demonstrate a repertoire of key practices and learning experiences for the teaching and learning of literacy for a range of early childhood settings.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of the use of texts and other resources for different teaching and learning purposes and settings.
  4. Describe guidelines and principles for planning for early literacy learning using the Early Years Learning Framework, Australian Curriculum documents.
  5. Describe the process of literacy learning in the early years.
  6. Explain the skills, concepts and strategies that are important to literacy learning and how to assess them.
  7. Outline the social and cultural factors that influence literacy learning.

Unit Content

  1. Australian Curriculum: English and the Early Years Learning Framework.
  2. Childrens literature, reading materials and resources for the inclusive classroom (inc. the use of ICT).
  3. Definitions and theoretical perspectives of literacy learning and development.
  4. Family and community literacy practcies and strategies for developing partnerships.
  5. Formal and informal literacy assessments, including concepts about print; phonological awareness; graphophonic knowledge; alphabet knowledge; vocabulary; comprehension, motivation, family literacy.
  6. Guidelines and principles for planning.
  7. Key practices and learning experiences, with emphasis on: modelled, shared, guided and independent strategies, Language Experience Approach and reciprocal teaching.
  8. Learning to read / phases and progression to literacy competency and the factors that influence learning to read from a global and cross cultural perspective.
  9. Play and learning to read.
  10. The reading and writing processes and the skills, concepts and strategies, with emphasis on: phonological awareness; phonemic awareness; graphophonics; word recognition and decoding; print and text concepts; comprehension; oral language, and; vocabulary.

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 210 x 1 hour lecture10 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 210 x 2 hour tutorial10 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, workplace experiences and independent learning modules and activities, online learning

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
Creative WorkLanguage and Literacy Resource10%
AssignmentWritten assignment50%
TestUnit review40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkLanguage and Literacy Resource10%
AssignmentWritten Assignment50%
TestUnit review40%

Core Reading(s)

  • Fellowes, J., & Oakley, G. (2019). Language, literacy and early childhood. Language, literacy and early childhood (3rd edition). Oxford. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.ecu.edu.au/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=5979409
  • Fellowes, J., & Oakley, G. (2019). Language, literacy and early childhood education (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=5979409

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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