Courses & Units

Primary English Curriculum and Pedagogy EMT611

A minimum enrolment number of 12 applies to this offering. Should enrolments not reach the minimum number required for on-campus study; students may be transferred to the on-line offering and advised of this change before semester commences.

Introduction

Children encounter a wide range of texts in their lives. They are expected to read and interpret these texts, and to create their own. An emphasis of study in this unit will be on notions of socio-cultural contexts and their impact on the ways different text types or genres construct meanings; the manner in which texts vary with respect to field, tenor and mode, the features of written texts, and the teaching of text types and grammar. The unit will also involve the investigation of children’s literature, with a deep study of picturebooks, the most prevalent literary form found in K-6 classrooms

Summary

Unit name Primary English Curriculum and Pedagogy
Unit code EMT611
Credit points 12.5
College/School College of Arts, Law and Education
Faculty of Education
Discipline Education
Coordinator Ms Lisa Davies
Delivered By University of Tasmania
Level Postgraduate

Availability

Location Study period Attendance options Available to
Hobart Semester 1 On-Campus International Domestic
Online Semester 1 Off-Campus International Domestic

Key

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International students
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Key Dates

Study Period Start date Census date WW date End date
Semester 1 26/2/2024 22/3/2024 15/4/2024 2/6/2024

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Learning Outcomes

  • Apply your theoretical knowledge of the English discipline to interpret texts and their potential for teaching
  • Apply the skills of textual analysis to (a) children’s writing samples; and (b) children’s literature
  • Transform your knowledge of theory and pedagogies to design critical and creative classroom experiences

Fee Information

Field of Education Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 Domestic Full Fee 4
070105 $555.00 $555.00 not applicable $2,324.00

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Requisites

Prerequisites

EMT511

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

Off Campus:
Weekly online lecture (1 hour), weekly online tutorial (2 hours), independent learning (8 hours)

On Campus: 
Weekly online lecture (1 hour), weekly face-to-face tutorial (2 hours), independent learning (8 hours) 
 

AssessmentChildren's Writing Analysis (20%)|Literature Analysis and Lesson Sequence (40%)|Teaching Writing (40%)
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Textbooks

Required

Derewianka, B. & Jones, P. (2016). Teaching language in context (2nd edn.). Oxford University Press.
Lewis, D. (2001). Reading contemporary picturebooks: Picturing Text. Routledge.

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Recommended

Duncan, D. (2009). Teaching children’s literature: Making stories work in the classroom. Routledge.
Fellowes, J. & Oakley, G. (2014). Language, literacy and early childhood education. (2nd ed.). Oxford.
Gamble, N. (2019). Exploring children’s literature (4th edn). Sage.
Humphrey, S., Droga, S. & Feez, S. (2012). Grammar and meaning. Primary English Teaching Association of Australia.
Kress, G., & Van Leeuwen, T. (2006). Reading images: The grammar of visual design. Routledge.
Lewis, D. (2001). Reading contemporary picturebooks: Picturing text. Routledge.
Nodelman, P., & Reimer, M. (2002). The pleasures of children’s literature. Allyn & Bacon.
Rossbridge, J. & Ruston, K. (2015). Put it in writing: Context, text and language. PETAA.
Rudd, D. (ed). (2010). The Routledge companion to children’s literature. Routledge.
Russell, D. L. (2015). Literature for children: A short introduction (8th ed.). Sage.

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