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EDEE212 English Teaching 2: Focus on Reading and Viewing

Updated: 12 April 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites EDEE920 and candidature in BSpecEd(Prim)/BDS orBTeach(Primary) prior to 2010 or EDEE112 and candidature in BSpecEd(Prim)/BDS or BEd(Prim) from 2010
Co-requisites None
Restrictions CSST193 or CSST293 or EDEE193 or EDEE293 or EDUC193 or EDUC293
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Diane Hansford (dhansfo2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This is the second English unit in undergraduate programs. This unit provides an introduction to reading pedagogy in the primary curriculum across all key-learning areas. It examines what happens when people read print based, digital and multimodal texts, and how teachers can best assist children to learn to read these texts. The information we discuss and reflect upon in this unit will provide students with strong foundations in professional knowledge about reading that students can extend during professional experience as they develop confidence and competence as a teacher.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Literacy: Reading, Writing and Children's Literature
ISBN: 9780195551266
Winch, G. and others, Oxford University Press 3rd ed. 2006
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Developing Early Literacy: Assessment and Teaching
ISBN: 9781741482539
Hill, S., Eleanor Curtin Publishing 2006
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Recommended Material
Optional 		Text(s):

Note: Recommended material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Strategies for Reading Success
ISBN: 9781875622733
Holliday, M., PETA 2008
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 30% 1500
Assessment Notes
Reading Record Analysis and Collaborative Online Task
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 3 and 4 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8
Essay 50% 2000
Assessment Notes
Using reading records as the basis for programming
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 3, 4 and 5 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7
Online Test 20% 500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 and 2 GA: 1, 2, 4 and 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate knowledge of the central concepts and modes of inquiry relating to theories of reading and viewing;
  2. demonstrate research-based knowledge of reading pedagogy including approaches for diagnostic assessment and strategies for teaching reading to students with a range of needs and backgrounds;
  3. plan, design and implement a sequence of engaging reading lessons addressing relevant syllabus outcomes;
  4. demonstrate knowledge of the key strategies used to analyse student need and to assess student achievement in reading viewing; and
  5. demonstrate awareness of key professional English associations eg ALEA; and E-Lit (PETA).

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
During the unit students, develop knowledge of reading theory and reading pedagogy in primary schools. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
The assessment in this unit involves interaction both face-to-face and online, the reading of relevant literature and short and long answer written responses. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
As this is a second year unit, lecturers will expect students will build on information literacy skills gained in first year and they will be assessed accordingly. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
This unit explicitly teaches students how to diagnose the learning needs of readers. Students will have to use the analysis to design sequences of reading lessons. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
All aspects of this unit relate to the social responsibility that students will shoulder as teachers of reading. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Students will be given guidance as they participate in collaborate online learning and assessment tasks. 		True True True
   

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