EDCU20039 - Teaching English

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

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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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 81.82% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 28.95% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

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Unit learning sequence has affected learning opportunities.
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Analyse the learning sequence and make adjustments to better support learning opportunities.
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Adjustments were made to the learning sequence.
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Provided clear feedback.
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Continue providing focused feedback.
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Connected content to real-world examples.
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Continue to provide links to classroom practice.
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Unit learning Outcomes
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