Overview
The focus of this unit is on the rationale, organisation, and content of the Australian Curriculum: English. You will build professional knowledge and understanding of pedagogical approaches to teaching English in primary school settings through a focus on the relationship between receptive and expressive modes of language use and the interrelatedness of the Language, Literature and Literacy strands of the Australian curriculum. You will demonstrate understanding of the features of texts and the social contexts in which they are used and apply pedagogical content knowledge to select teaching resources and design lesson sequences and assessment strategies that support learners’ interpretation, evaluation and creation of written and multimodal texts for a range of social purposes.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite EDCU20036 Literacy: Learning to Read
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
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- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
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Feedback from SUTE
Unclear Unit requirements
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