Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Emilia Djonov
Contact via emilia.djonov@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
ECHP122 or (12cp and admission to BTeach(ECS))
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit focuses on children's language and literacy development as they move from home to prior-to-school settings and into the first years of school, and the ways it can be fostered through children's literature. It introduces students to the theory and practice of early reading and writing, multimodal and critical literacy development, and to research on the literacy experiences of children from diverse contexts and with different abilities. Students are given opportunities to develop and apply their understanding of the role of teachers in planning and evaluating experiences that support young children's literacy development within prior-to-school and early primary school settings.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Assignment 1 | 20% | Week 4 Tutorial/OCS |
Assignment 2 | 40% | 16 May 2014 |
Assignment 3 | 40% | 13 June 2014 |
Due: Week 4 Tutorial/OCS
Weighting: 20%
Due: 16 May 2014
Weighting: 40%
Due: 13 June 2014
Weighting: 40%
STUDY COMMITMENT
As this is a 3 credit point unit, it is estimated that students will need to spend an average of 9 hours a week over a 15 week semester (this includes the university recess), i.e. 135 hours per semester, working on this unit to achieve a passing grade. This includes accessing the unit’s iLearn website at least twice a week and participating in online discussions, attending tutorials and on-campus sessions, attending and/or listening to lectures, reading and studying, and working on assignments.
PRINCIPAL REQUIREMENTS
All students are required to:
§ complete and submit all assignments on time in order to pass the unit
§ attend/listen to the lecture/s scheduled for each teaching week (weeks 1-5 & 9-12)[Note that there are both live and pre-recorded lectures in this unit.]
§ complete the weekly readings each teaching week, prior to the lecture and tutorials that week
Internal students must prepare for, attend and participate in at least 80% of the 9x1.5hr tutorials.
External students must prepare for, attend and participate in the compulsory on-campus session on April 12 & 13.
STUDY RESOURCES
Required Readings and Other Resources
There is one textbook for the unit, which is available from the Macquarie Co-op Bookshop on campus. The details are:
Fellowes, J. & Oakley, G. (2010). Language, literacy and early childhood education. South Melbourne: Oxford. ISBN: 9780195566284
There are also two required curriculum documents:
1. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) (2009). Belonging, being, becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia. Barton, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved from: http://foi.deewr.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/belonging_being_and_becoming_the_early_years_learning_framework_for_australia.pdf
2. NSW Board of Studies. (2012). English K-10 Syllabus. Sydney: NSW Board of Studies. Retrieved from: http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/english/english-k10/
There are also required and recommended readings and online resources that will be available through the library’s e-reserve collection and/or the unit’s iLearn website. All required and recommended readings are listed in the complete ECH231 unit outline, which is available through the ECH231 iLearn site.
There is a website for this unit. Access to this unit is available online through iLearn, at ilearn.mq.edu.au . You will need to login using your Macquarie ID.
This overall schedule presents mainly the weekly topics and must be read alongside the full ECH231 unit outline available on the ECH231 iLearn site, where information about required readings and additional resources, tutorial and on-campus session participation requirements and assignment due dates is also provided.
Week # |
Topic |
Week 1 3 March |
Lecture 1: Introduction to the unit, current perspectives on literacy development, and literacy as social and cultural practice |
Week 2 10 March |
Lecture 2: Babies and toddlers: Oral language, literacy and literature in the first 3 years Lecture 3 (pre-recorded): Threes and Fours: Oral language, literacy and literature for preschool children |
Week 3 17 March |
Lecture 4: Emergent literacy, reading and writing prior to school Lecture 5 (pre-recorded): EYLF and Prior to school curriculum documents |
Week 4 24 March |
Lecture 6: Language, literacy and culture 1: bilingualism & bidialectalism Lecture 7 (pre-recorded): Language, literacy and culture 2: socio-economic status & gender |
Week 5 31 March |
Lecture 8 (pre-recorded): Seeing children as literacy learners in prior to school settings: observation and record keeping Lecture 9: Language and literacy in the transition to school and the role of children’s literature |
Weeks 6-8 7 April – 9 May |
No ECH231 lectures or tutorials Week 6, 7 & 8 ECHP222 Practicum Mid-Semester Break 14-24 April |
Week 9 12 May |
Lecture 10: Teaching strategies: reading and writing |
Week 10 19 May |
Lecture 11 (pre-recorded): School related curriculum documents Lecture 12: Literacy planning and programming in the early primary school years |
Week 11 26 May |
Lecture 13: Multiliteracies: Visual and multimodal literacy (pre-recorded) Lecture 14: Critical literacy, popular culture and children’s literature |
Week 12 2 June |
Lecture 15: Evaluating teaching and learning in early primary school years Lecture 16 (pre-recorded): Inclusive literacy for diverse learners |
Week 13 9 June |
Study Week: No live lectures or tutorials |
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