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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Literacy Coaching in Junior Primary
  • Unit Code

    LAN4228
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Rozita DASS

Description

This unit is concerned with the diagnosis and focused teaching of language/literacy difficulties for children in the early years of primary school. Students will have the opportunity to build on their current expertise in the area through study of the literature and practical experiences.

Prerequisite Rule

Must pass 1 unit from LAN2240

Equivalent Rule

Replaces LAN4128

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the assessment-instruction (diagnostic teaching) process.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of some of the possible causes of language/literacy difficulties which may reside both within and outside the learner.
  3. Carry out a project which investigates difficulty in language and/or literacy; e.g. practical implementation and critical review of diagnosis and remediation.
  4. Discuss language/literacy difficulties from various theoretical perspectives.
  5. Justify the use of various teacher-made, informal and formal observation procedures in order to identify the specific needs of children and adults who have difficulty in language/literacy.

Unit Content

  1. Possible causes of language/literacy difficulties.
  2. Instructional decision-making and the justification of specific remedial procedures and professional report writing.
  3. Critical analysis of the diagnostic teaching process.
  4. Critical analysis of various teacher-made, informal and formal assessment procedures.
  5. Theoretical perspectives on language/literacy difficulties.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Trimstr 1Not Offered4 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

WIL - Field Experience

Students experience an environment where they observe and/or participate in the application of theoretical knowledge and skills in a professional setting, under the supervision of an expert or professional in the field. Examples include study tours, observation, shadowing, fieldwork, industry tours.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, Tutorials, Field Experience

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
AssignmentAssessment and Teaching Portfolio, Part A (Initial assessment of focus child)25%
ParticipationAssessment and Teaching Portfolio, Part B (Assessment and teaching, participation and preparation)75%

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 Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Literacy Coaching in Junior Primary
  • Unit Code

    LAN4228
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Rozita DASS

Description

This unit is concerned with the diagnosis and focused teaching of language/literacy difficulties for children in the early years of primary school. Students will have the opportunity to build on their current expertise in the area through study of the literature and practical experiences.

Prerequisite Rule

Must pass 1 unit from LAN2240

Equivalent Rule

Replaces LAN4128

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the assessment-instruction (diagnostic teaching) process.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of some of the possible causes of language/literacy difficulties which may reside both within and outside the learner.
  3. Carry out a project which investigates difficulty in language and/or literacy; e.g. practical implementation and critical review of diagnosis and remediation.
  4. Discuss language/literacy difficulties from various theoretical perspectives.
  5. Justify the use of various teacher-made, informal and formal observation procedures in order to identify the specific needs of children and adults who have difficulty in language/literacy.

Unit Content

  1. Possible causes of language/literacy difficulties.
  2. Instructional decision-making and the justification of specific remedial procedures and professional report writing.
  3. Critical analysis of the diagnostic teaching process.
  4. Critical analysis of various teacher-made, informal and formal assessment procedures.
  5. Theoretical perspectives on language/literacy difficulties.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Trimstr 1Not Offered4 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

WIL - Field Experience

Students experience an environment where they observe and/or participate in the application of theoretical knowledge and skills in a professional setting, under the supervision of an expert or professional in the field. Examples include study tours, observation, shadowing, fieldwork, industry tours.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, Tutorials, Field Experience

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
AssignmentAssessment and Teaching Portfolio, Part A (Initial assessment of focus child)25%
ParticipationAssessment and Teaching Portfolio, Part B (Assessment and teaching, participation and preparation)75%

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 Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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