Hobart
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
This unit is designed to provide you with the essential theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to be a proficient secondary English teacher. This unit explores the ways in which adolescents learn to read, write, and communicate in English at the secondary level. It has a particular focus on contemporary approaches to the teaching of reading and writing in the secondary years, including close attention to the teaching of narratives, poetry, film, dramatic performances, and multimodal texts. An important part of this unit involves understanding the Australian Curriculum English content and developing theoretically informed pedagogical approaches. You will be involved in analysing student work samples (reading and writing), observing English teaching practices, and in using the Australian Curriculum documents to plan explicit teaching experiences for language, literature, and literacy learning.
Summary 2021
| Unit name | English Studies in Secondary School |
|---|---|
| Unit code | EMT515 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Arts, Law and Education Faculty of Education |
| Discipline | Education |
| Coordinator | Dr. Belinda Hopwood |
| Teaching staff | |
| Level | Postgraduate |
| Available as student elective? | No |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
- Analyse a range of literary texts and text types for their pedagogical purposes.
- Apply theoretical knowledge of the English discipline to teaching and assessment.
- Demonstrate academic and information literacy skills through the use of scholarly literature, APA referencing, punctuation, spelling and grammar.
Fees
Requisites
Co-requisites
EMT502
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | On Campus: Off Campus: |
|---|---|
| Assessment | Task 1: Quiz (10%) Task 2: Analysis of Student Work (40%) Task 3: Observation (50%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Flexible Study Options
Textbooks
| Required | Please use the link to Co-op Bookshop below |
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| Recommended |
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