ED4496 - Advanced English Education
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Education |
Limited offering available to RATEP students only.
This subject explores planning, teaching and assessment for the curriculum area of English for students in the primary school years. It emphasises the teacher's role in providing explicit quality instruction in the range of literacy areas, building on the knowledge from earlier studies in English Education. Core content includes the examination and evaluation of current national and state English curriculum frameworks for the primary years and how to plan for and implement effective teaching and learning in English language, literature and literacy using an expanding repertoire of established instructional strategies with a range of oral, print-based, visual and multimodal texts. The subject aims to equip pre-service teachers with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to be proficient teachers of English to diverse learners in the primary setting.
Learning Outcomes
- identify and provide a range of responses to issues of access and equity that relate to teaching English language, literature and literacy;
- know how to plan for and implement the integration of English literacy across curriculum areas;
- show a sound conceptual knowledge of pedagogic principles and practices within contemporary curriculum frameworks (primary years) for English;
- demonstrate confidence and skills in planning and assessing English for diverse learners in the primary years.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
- The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
- The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
- The ability to work individually and independently.
| Prerequisites: | ED3488 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | ED4403 ED4590 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2013 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Geoff Ward. |
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| Assessment: | open book in-class paper (20%); assignment - resource and planning activities (50%); centrally-administered final exam (30%). |
| Townsville, Limited, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2013 | |
| Face to face teaching (Online tutorial attendance at RATEP site as per scheduled to be advised) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Geoff Ward. |
| Assessment: | open book in-class paper (20%); assignment - resource and planning activities (50%); centrally-administered final exam (30%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Geoff Ward |
| Lecturer: | Mr Eric Wilson. |
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| Assessment: | open book in-class paper (20%); assignment - resource and planning activities (50%); centrally-administered final exam (30%). |
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.