Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Leisa Morton-Standish
Contact via leisa.standish@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp including EDUC260
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
EDUC262 or EDUC264 or admission to BEd(Prim)
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit offers a systematic, research-based guide to teaching literacy in the first three years of school. Its aim is to ensure that teachers can work with at-risk or reluctant readers in the classroom as effectively as with children for whom reading seems to come naturally. Taking an analytic approach to reading, the unit helps teachers to move children through the key stages of early reading acquisition. It takes a balanced view of reading instruction, stressing the importance of phonological processes at the beginning of literacy instruction as well as semantic and syntactic ones.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Essay | 30% | week 9 |
Online Quiz | 10% | week 4 |
Exam | 30% | Exam week |
Critical Analysis | 30% | week 6 |
Due: week 9
Weighting: 30%
Review the literature on reading comprehension and discuss one
strategy in detail
Due: week 4
Weighting: 10%
Demonstrateknowledgeofcourse material coveredin weeks 1-4
(Modules 1-3) 30 minutes online multiple choice quiz.
Due: Exam week
Weighting: 30%
Final exam on course content and analysis
Due: week 6
Weighting: 30%
Critical Analysis of peer reviewed journal article on an early reading strategy. Activity based classroom application and presentedto
peers.
Internal and External options
Online lectures
2 hour weekly tutorials
INTERNAL STUDENTS
Weekly Tutorial Schedule
1Cooperative Learning
2Listening Comprehension
3Phonological Awareness
4Phonemic AwarenessOnline Quiz
5Emergent Reading
6Reciprocal TeachingCritical Review
Mid-term break
7Professional Experience
8Professional Experience
9ComprehensionEssay
10Vocabulary/Grammar/Spelling
11Assessment
12Assesment
13Literacy Block
Exam
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