483-238 Learning Area: Language and Literacy 2 (Advanced)

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Objectives:

On completion of the subject students should be able to:

• demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of a range of theories relating to emergent literacy;

• demonstrate an awareness of the social and cultural influences on literacy practices;

• demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between reading and writing and develop a teaching methodology to support this;

• demonstrate an understanding of reading and writing in relation to text, context and linguistic features and strategies;

• demonstrate an understanding of the importance of oral language in the development of literacy;

• demonstrate an understanding of the nature and scope of current government policy in literacy education through planning, implementing and assessing a teaching sequence relating to both reading and writing; and

• demonstrate an understanding of the nature of reflective practice in relation to literacy education.

Content:

An investigation into and application of selected theories related to emergent literacy; detailed observations of an individual child's literacy development and the implementation and evaluation of planned sequences of literacy instruction with attention to selection and use of appropriate strategies and resources.

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