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

    Teaching Reading: Theory, Comprehension and Skills
  • Unit Code

    LAN6001
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Janet HUNTER

Description

Teachers will critically examine issues and research relating to theories of the reading process. The relationship between theoretical assumptions underlying current research in the teaching of reading will be addressed. Comprehension of text and related skills will be examined in terms of research into what constitutes effective teaching of reading. Critical evaluation of the latest research literature in the area will be undertaken, with emphasis on the relationship between theory and teaching practice. Teachers will apply their knowledge in practical situations and there will be scope for specialisation in specific areas of interest.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LAN5001

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Research, analyse, evaluate and communicate the theoretical concepts and best practice pedagogy for effective reading instruction.
  2. Review, analyse and evaluate practices in reading instruction in light of current evidence-based research in reading instruction.
  3. Review, analyse and synthesise knowledge of the pedagogical practices for reading instruction to create a philosophy that underpins effective teaching and learning for all students.
  4. Work collaboratively with colleagues to evaluate and improve planning, teaching and assessment approaches for reading instruction as part of ongoing professional development.

Unit Content

  1. Assessment of reading.
  2. Critical analysis of research reports and other literature in the area of reading and reading education.
  3. Critical analysis of selected theories of reading processes, that include psychological and socio-political orientations.
  4. Development and evaluation of effective reading programs.
  5. Factors that influence learning to read.
  6. Reading as a complex developmental process.
  7. Reading hypermedia/multimodal texts.
  8. Research on the effective teaching of reading.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

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

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, practical experiences.

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
AssignmentAssignment 140%
ProjectApplied Assignment 260%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 140%
ProjectApplied Assignment 260%

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

    Teaching Reading: Theory, Comprehension and Skills
  • Unit Code

    LAN6001
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Janet HUNTER

Description

Teachers will critically examine issues and research relating to theories of the reading process. The relationship between theoretical assumptions underlying current research in the teaching of reading will be addressed. Comprehension of text and related skills will be examined in terms of research into what constitutes effective teaching of reading. Critical evaluation of the latest research literature in the area will be undertaken, with emphasis on the relationship between theory and teaching practice. Teachers will apply their knowledge in practical situations and there will be scope for specialisation in specific areas of interest.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LAN5001

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Research, analyse, evaluate and communicate the theoretical concepts and best practice pedagogy for effective reading instruction.
  2. Review, analyse and evaluate practices in reading instruction in light of current evidence-based research in reading instruction.
  3. Review, analyse and synthesise knowledge of the pedagogical practices for reading instruction to create a philosophy that underpins effective teaching and learning for all students.
  4. Work collaboratively with colleagues to evaluate and improve planning, teaching and assessment approaches for reading instruction as part of ongoing professional development.

Unit Content

  1. Assessment of reading.
  2. Critical analysis of research reports and other literature in the area of reading and reading education.
  3. Critical analysis of selected theories of reading processes, that include psychological and socio-political orientations.
  4. Development and evaluation of effective reading programs.
  5. Factors that influence learning to read.
  6. Reading as a complex developmental process.
  7. Reading hypermedia/multimodal texts.
  8. Research on the effective teaching of reading.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

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

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, practical experiences.

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
AssignmentAssignment 140%
ProjectApplied Assignment 260%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 140%
ProjectApplied Assignment 260%

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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