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 there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2023 Units. All assessment changes will be published by 20th February 2023. All students are reminded to check the handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    English Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    LAN6711
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Patricia Catherine DOWSETT

Description

This unit introduces foundational principles and practices in secondary English teaching. It covers curriculum frameworks for English, lesson design, teaching strategies, resources, and instructional methods. Students will learn how to plan effective lessons that meet curriculum requirements and student needs. Particular emphasis will be placed on the importance of content knowledge in the English curriculum and its role in the development of reading and writing abilities. Common ideologies and misperceptions that undermine effective teaching and learning in English will also be addressed. Demonstrations and examples used in the unit will relate mainly to the lower secondary years.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LAN6601, LAN4210

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically review the current SCSA curriculum to identify outcomes for lesson planning in Secondary English.
  2. Describe the language abilities of students in Years 7-10, and relate these to curriculum goals and content for English.
  3. Evaluate some competing constructions of secondary English.
  4. Explain and apply key principles of language learning and development in reading, writing and oral language.
  5. Explain the content and organisation of the Australian Curriculum.
  6. Respond to and remediate writing by secondary students.
  7. Select and apply instructional techniques and technologies appropriate to students, content and curriculum goals.

Unit Content

  1. English curricula and frameworks.
  2. Research appropriate scholarly literature to critically analyse best practice teaching strategies and resources (including ICT) in a secondary English classroom.
  3. Evaluate and design differentiated teaching and learning activities for a Secondary English classroom.
  4. Design lesson plans with clear learning goals informed by the Secondary English curriculum.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered12 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

On campus workshops Readings and discussions

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
AssignmentLesson planning 60%
ExaminationTheory and practice of English teaching40%

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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

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 as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. 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 or generative artificial intelligence tools, 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.

  • Unit Title

    English Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    LAN6711
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Trish DOWSETT

Description

This unit introduces foundational principles and practices in secondary English teaching. It covers curriculum frameworks for English, lesson design, teaching strategies, resources, and instructional methods. Students will learn how to plan effective lessons that meet curriculum requirements and student needs. Particular emphasis will be placed on the importance of content knowledge in the English curriculum and its role in the development of reading and writing abilities. Common ideologies and misperceptions that undermine effective teaching and learning in English will also be addressed. Demonstrations and examples used in the unit will relate mainly to the lower secondary years.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LAN6601, LAN4210

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically review the current SCSA curriculum to identify outcomes for lesson planning in Secondary English.
  2. Describe the language abilities of students in Years 7-10, and relate these to curriculum goals and content for English.
  3. Evaluate some competing constructions of secondary English.
  4. Explain and apply key principles of language learning and development in reading, writing and oral language.
  5. Explain the content and organisation of the Australian Curriculum.
  6. Respond to and remediate writing by secondary students.
  7. Select and apply instructional techniques and technologies appropriate to students, content and curriculum goals.

Unit Content

  1. English curricula and frameworks.
  2. Research appropriate scholarly literature to critically analyse best practice teaching strategies and resources (including ICT) in a secondary English classroom.
  3. Evaluate and design differentiated teaching and learning activities for a Secondary English classroom.
  4. Design lesson plans with clear learning goals informed by the Secondary English curriculum.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered12 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

On campus workshops Readings and discussions

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
AssignmentLesson planning 60%
TestTheory and practice of English teaching40%

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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

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 as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. 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 or generative artificial intelligence tools, 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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