ECE330 - Multiliterate Learners in Early Years and School Environments
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Sarah Ohi |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in E330, E333 or E334 |
| Prerequisite: | 10 Credit points and ECE230 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 3-hour seminar per non-placement teaching weeks |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1.5-hour online seminar per non-placement teaching weeks |
Note:*Community Based Delivery (CBD) is for National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute students only. | |
Content
This unit is designed to prepare teachers of literacy and English in the information age. Students will examine the development of listening, speaking, reading and writing/creating print, digital and multimodal texts in the early and later years of schooling. Students will research the needs of diverse young literacy learners and contemporary literacy and English teaching practice and will engage with a variety of pedagogical and assessment approaches, and explore a range of literacies encountered by young learners including visual and digital literacies. Reflection on personal learning and performance is a core aspect of the unit.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Analyse and evaluate how theory and research relates to teaching strategies and children’s learning in the areas of language and literacy | GLO1 Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Evaluate and apply assessment strategies, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess children’s progress in dimensions of language and emergent literacy development | GLO4 Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Make accurate evaluations of student’s literacy learning through the analysis, interpretation, moderation and reporting of assessment data | GLO5 Problem solving |
| ULO4 | Evaluate and apply suitable literacy teaching strategies when planning for learning content, lessons and resources that support the diverse language and literacy needs of individual children based on the interpretation of assessment data | GLO4 Critical thinking GLO5 Problem solving GLO6 Self-management |
| ULO5 | Build relationships and collaborate across diverse contexts | GLO7 Teamwork |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Early Years Literacy Teaching Profile | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 5 |
| Assessment 2 - Early Years Learner Profile | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ECE330
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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