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2025 unit information
Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)*
Nil
1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week (recordings provided)
1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week
NIKERI (CBD):
3 x 6-hour on-campus intensive (workshops/seminars) per trimester
1 x 1-hour online seminars per week for 8-weeks
1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided)
1 x 2-hour online seminar per week
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.
*Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus)
This unit investigates the concepts of literacy and numeracy and how these impact the educational outcomes of learners in a broad range of educational settings. It considers government policy developments in relation to literacy and numeracy in a range of communities, and the subsequent implications for people working in Education-related environments. The unit includes different approaches to teaching literacy and numeracy that can be used to improve the educational outcomes for learners in schooling and adult learning contexts. It explores the challenges faced by educators working with communities whose literacy and numeracy skills are relatively low compared to the broader population.
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Describe the educational concepts of literacy and numeracy and explain how poor levels of literacy and numeracy may impact the educational outcomes of children, adolescents and adult learners
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
Compare different approaches to teaching and learning that can be used to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes for children, adolescents and adults
GLO4: Critical thinking
Reflect on the educational challenges presented to educators who are working with communities of learners with low literacy and numeracy skills
GLO5: Problem solving
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 EDU203 can be found via the University Library. 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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