Literacy Strategies Within Discipline unit (EAL302)

Introduction

In this unit you will review the literacy crises reported in the media and then examine different perspectives on addressing the literacy needs of students in both vocational education and workplace settings. Your active engagement with these considerations and discussions becomes the launch pad for developing your own initial literacy investigation. A work integrated learning module that involves time under direct supervision, time spent observing others, and other teaching activities provides the opportunity to critically examine teacher planning and classroom strategy responses to the collective professional responsibility for literacy education. Professional experience is also an opportunity to see how your understanding and approaches to literacy measures up to the demands of different educational settings. Informed by this professional experience, you then critically consider and select learning strategies to embed in a lesson plan for your discipline. Experienced practitioners may wish to undertake a negotiated project to improve student literacy learning within their educational environment.

Summary

Unit name	Literacy Strategies Within Discipline
Unit code	EAL302
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Arts and Society Faculty of Education
Discipline	Education
Coordinator	Ms Emma Rutherford Vale
Available as an elective?	No
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Advanced

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

• Examine literacy perspectives and issues in a range of educational contexts
• Evaluate student literacy needs within different educational contexts
• Evaluate, adapt, and deliver instructional strategies and resources that respond directly to the literacy needs of learners
• Apply professional standards, academic literature, communication, and research skills across a range of contexts

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

EAL211

Teaching

Assessment	Supervised Teaching 3|Literacy Appraisal Report (20%)|Annotated Lesson Sequence and Reflection (40%)|Applied Learning Blog (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings are those provided by the Unit Coordinator in the subject online library and in the MyLo learning space for this course.
Recommended	Recommended readings are those provided by the Unit Coordinator in the subject online library and in the MyLo learning space for this course.

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