ED4306:04
Students with Reading Difficulties
Townsville, Cairns
Second semester by flexible delivery mode only.
Available to level 4 BEd (Professional Development) and BEd pre-service students.
Staff: Dr D Ainge.
The subject will explore the nature of reading and written expression and a range of strategies for addressing difficulties in literacy. The subject includes 25 hours of field work involving working in a school with a pupil who has difficulties with literacy.
Learning Objectives:
- critically examine nominated models of reading;
- critically examine nominated models of written expression
- critically examine a nominated range of strategies for teaching pupils who have difficulties in reading and written expression;
- write a field work report which shows clear understanding of, and the ability to put into practice, content of study materials.
Assessment by written field work report (70%); assessment of study materials (30%). In order to pass the subject it will be necessary to pass the field work.