ALL153 - Literature for Children and Young Adults

Year:

2027 unit information

Enrolment modes: Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 3: Online
Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: ALL253
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.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 1-hour online seminar per week

1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week

NIKERI (CBD):

3 x 6-hour on-campus intensive (workshops/seminars) per trimester (dates/times TBA)

1 x 1-hour online seminar per week for 8-weeks

Scheduled learning activities - online:

1 x 1-hour online lecture per week

1 x 2-hour online seminar per week or approximately 2-hours of online learning tasks and discussions per week

Content

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.

Unit fee information

Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.

Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

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Hurdle requirements

To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must achieve an overall mark of at least 50% in assessment task 3, Live debate/discussion to evidence a minimum proficiency in the aligned discipline learning outcomes included in this unit.