Details for EDU518 Learning and Teaching English in the Primary Years

This unit explores the demands of writing and creating with reference to the Australian Curriculum: English, and the NSW English K–10 Syllabus and related documents. The unit extends students’ knowledge of different types of texts and the grammatical and visual features typically found in a range of text types.

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• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: EDU518
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Unit Content

Outcomes

Critically evaluate research into how students learn to write and the implications for teaching Demonstrate and apply knowledge and understanding of language, literacy and texts (and their grammatical and visual features) relevant to teaching writing and creating in the Australian Curriculum: English and/or the NSW English K–10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum
Apply an understanding of assessment strategies, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative approaches, to assess student learning against curriculum achievement standards and/or syllabus outcomes for writing and creating

Evaluate teaching strategies for writing and creating that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds, including strategies for teaching explicitly about the context, language features (paragraph, sentence, word levels) and multimodal features of texts

Design a learning and teaching sequence and lesson plan, using knowledge of curriculum, assessment and reporting, student learning and effective strategies for teaching writing and representing in English, including strategies for evaluation

Subject Content

This course may be offered in the following formats

online

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

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