Language and Teaching (TFA)

Subject EDUC90592 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points: 6.25
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 18 hours
Total Time Commitment: 60 hours
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: You must take the following subject in the same study period
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
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Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements: Attendance at all classes (tutorial/seminars/practical classes/lectures/labs) is obligatory. Failure to attend 80% of classes will normally result in failure in the subject.

Coordinator

Ms Catherine Reid

Contact

Education Student Centre
Subject Overview: This subject introduces associates to the literate demands of the range of subject areas taught in the secondary school. Topics will include: the relationship between language and learning; the scaffolding role of the teacher in students’ learning through language; teachers’ and students’ use of oral language to enhance learning; the structures and language features of key text types used in secondary schooling; the processes involved in reading the complex multimodal texts used in modern secondary schooling; supporting students’ reading and writing; and planning for literacy in the subject areas. Associates will relate their understandings of these issues to their teaching in the schools
Objectives: On completion of this subject, associates will be able to:
  • Recognize the role of spoken and written language in learning across the secondary subject areas;
  • Plan lessons and units of work which account for and address literacy demands;
  • Reflect on their own ongoing role in supporting learning through spoken and written language;
  • Know how to work cooperatively with other teachers in supporting student learning through language;
  • Have strong oral and written communication skills;
  • Have sufficient metalinguistic awareness to reflect productively on their use of language in the classroom.
Assessment: A written evaluation (1000 words) due mid semester (50 per cent);
A written analysis (1000 words) due end of semester (50 per cent)
Prescribed Texts: “Literacy Across the Secondary Subjects” (DVD) Kristina Love, Graeme Baker & Marie Quinn Melbourne University, 2007
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills: On completion of this subject, associates will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable them to:
  • Be skilled communicators who can effectively articulate and justify their practices as knowledgeable agents of changes;
  • Be flexible and able to adapt to change through knowing how to learn;
  • Understand the significance of developing their practice on the basis of research evidence;
  • Work in teams with skills in cooperation, communication and negotiation;
  • Be independent of mind, responsible, resilient, self-regulating;
  • Have a conscious personal and social values base.

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