ED2194 - English Education for Primary School
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| Administered by: | School of Education |
Limited offering available only to RATEP students
The basis for this subject is teaching children in the primary school within the subject English across the areas of speaking, listening, reading, viewing and writing, with particular reference to appropriate national and state curriculum frameworks and policies. Topics include a critique of several models of instruction which influence teaching across the language/literacy area, with a view to maximising learning opportunities for all children in today's Primary school classroom; a review of children's literature; investigation of a variety of text forms; issues of language diversity and learning styles and their impact on best teaching practice and a variety of means for assessing and reporting such learning. There is a focus on meaning and relevance within the schooling and other contexts, as the basis for selecting literacy instructional techniques and materials to be used. Consideration of the profound changes in literacy demands for children today and the major role media and technology play are featured.
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate an awareness of the diversity in classrooms and develop ways of accommodating such diversity in the Primary English teaching and learning classroom context;
- develop skills at modelling how reading, writing, listening, speaking and viewing have important roles to play in life in and out of school in a variety of contexts;
- show an understanding of the changing nature of literacy demands today and means of teaching, assessing and reporting these dynamics;
- use materials in motivating young learners to build new knowledges in age-appropriate ways and contexts;
- use this knowledge to build on a personal theory of English language and literacy that will inform the future classroom praxis for the teacher, including planning, assessment and reporting strategies;
- be familiar with the English Essential Learnings for Queensland and a range of instructional models for achieving the outcomes set out for children in the primary school years;
- highlight the use of children's literature within a variety of genres, incorporating these in teaching across the five major elements of the subject English.
| Prerequisites: | 6 credit points of level 1 ED subjects |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | (ED2101 and ED2192 and ED5221) and ED5224 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Geoff Ward |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching (Attendance is via teletutorial participation as per schedule to be advised) | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Geoff Ward |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Mr Eric Wilson. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.