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
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(ECED600 or ECED817) or admission to MEChild or MEd or PGDipEdS or MIndigenousEd or MSpecEd or PGCertSpEd
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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 explores multimodality – the role of images and their interaction with language and other modes of communication – in early childhood. The initial focus is on visual representations of children and childhood in advertising, marketing and popular culture. This equips students with a variety of critical concepts and provides a context for analysing relations between different modes in multimodal texts and environments for children, including interactive and traditional picture books, e-games, websites, apps, toys and toy stores, educational policy documents, museums, and early childhood settings.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Assignment 1 | 20% | No | 4 April 2017 |
Assignment 2 | 50% | No | 8 May 2017 |
Assignment 3 | 30% | No | fortnightly by 5 June 2017 |
Due: 4 April 2017
Weighting: 20%
Critical comparison of images of children and childhood
Analyse 2 advertisements showing images of children and/or advertising products for children. Using this analysis, discuss what ideas about children and childhood are conveyed and how these ideas function in the social context to which the images belong.
Due: 8 May 2017
Weighting: 50%
Analysing visual-visual and visual-verbal relations in picture books
Analyse how relations between images and between language and images in two picture books present different ideas about children and childhood and engage their readers. Record and submit a presentation on the key results and interpretation of the analysis, and a reflection on the multimodal literacy demands of this task.
Due: fortnightly by 5 June 2017
Weighting: 30%
Study Guide - Online participation and collaboration
Students post responses to study guide tasks online and respond to peer postings/contributions in a constructive and collaborative way that supports the unit as a community of learners. Students write one extended response (800-1000 words) to a study guide task in Module 3 that demonstrates their ability to evaluate toys and/or picture book apps and/or multimodal environments for children and make recommendations for the design and use of the analysed toys/environment based on this analysis.
As this is a 4 credit point unit, it is estimated that students will need to spend 10-12 hours a week over 13 weeks (approximately 150 hours over the course of the session) working on this unit to achieve a passing grade. This commitment includes accessing the unit’s iLearn website at least twice a week and participating in online discussions, listening to recorded lectures, reading and studying, working on assignments.
As postgraduate students, you are expected to participate fully in this unit, be self-directed in your learning, and approach the unit content with enthusiasm. To achieve a passing grade, you need to:
§ listen to all lectures
§ complete, post and discuss study-guide tasks online
§ complete the required readings and participate in online discussions
§ complete and submit all assignments
§ complete all required readings
§ check the unit’s iLearn website at least twice a week
Kress & Van Leeuwen (2006). Reading Images: Grammar Of Visual Design, 2nd edition. Routledge: London & New York.
Serafini, Frank. (2014). Reading the visual: an introduction to teaching multimodal literacy. New York: Teachers College Press.
There are also required readings and other 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 unit outline available through the ECED886 iLearn website.
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.
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html
Disruption to Studies Policy (in effect until Dec 4th, 2017): http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html
Special Consideration Policy (in effect from Dec 4th, 2017): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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26/02/2017 | I changed the due date for Assignment 1 from 27/3 to 4/4, so that it fits better with the lecture schedule. As this is an elective unit, this should not have any major implications for the students enrolled in it. |