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2022 unit information
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Last updated: 4 March 2022
Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online), CBD*
Trimester 3: Cloud (online)
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ALL253
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 1-hour class (online) per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar per week
Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 1 x 1-hour class (online) per week 1 x 2-hour seminar or equivalent
Student enrolment quotas apply to this unit
*CBD refers to the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute; Community Based Delivery
Children learn about themselves and others from their families, their educational settings and from texts – the books, films and other media – they consume. Our focus in this unit is on how children’s texts position their readers, paying attention to the narrative strategies they use and the ideologies they promote. The unit provides an overview of children’s literature, its origins and its place within children’s culture and socialising practices. It engages with a wide range of genres and texts (picture book, novel, and screen) from a variety of cultural traditions. This first year unit introduces students to key concepts essential to the analysis of children’s texts.
Demonstrate understanding of the concepts of narrative, visual and screen theory and genre, and the broader research relating to the study of children’s texts
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
Construct clear, logically-structured, grammatically correct written work, which observes the academic conventions of accurate citation and referencing of secondary sources
GLO2: Communication
Locate and access e-readings available on CloudDeakin, and locate show judgement in the location and selection of appropriate scholarly material via the library and web, and use these materials in assessments as instructed
GLO3: Digital literacy
Perform close textual analysis of prose, visual and screen texts, using evidence from the primary text and secondary research to support interpretation
GLO4: Critical thinking
Work independently and take personal responsibility for meeting assignment deadlines or in compliance with Faculty rules applying to extensions
GLO6: Self-management
Think ethically about the various social and cultural contexts in which children's texts are produced and consumed
GLO8: Global citizenship
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
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.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ALL153 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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