| Assessment |
Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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| Graduate Attributes (GA) |
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Knowledge of a Discipline
The unit introduces students to the discipline of young children's literature, employing a literary and cultural studies approach.
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Communication Skills
The skills of written communication and formal argument are both taught and assessed in this unit. In addition to the writing guides supplied and recommended, students receive written feedback on their reasoning and writing skills. On-campus students have the opportunity to practise oral communication skills in tutorials.
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Global Perspectives
This unit introduces students to literature from Britain, the USA, Europe and Australia. Students have the opportunity to explore the ways in which writers from various cultures have constructed childhood and children's issues in their writing.
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Information Literacy
Students in this unit practise skills in acquiring information through print-based and electronic research tools and are assessed on the organisation and presentation of high quality evidence in assignments.
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Life-Long Learning
This unit allows students to practise a wide range of academic skills: research, analysis and facilitates learning independently. Guides to 'learning how to learn' - defining research 'problems', research, analysis, synthesis and exposition - are supplied and feedback is given on research writing projects.
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Problem Solving
The expository research essay and learning activities supplied with teaching material encourage students to identify critical issues in the discipline and the professional area of children's book studies. Students are specifically asked to conceptualise problems and to collect, collate and analyse relevant information to assist problem-solving within the discipline.
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Social Responsibility
The study of children's culture encourages students to recognise social issues relevant to their discipline and professional area. Political and ethical issues relevant to the study of a 'vulnerable audience' are discussed, and literature as part of a socialising agenda is one of the theoretical frameworks explored.
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Team Work
In the small-group discussion format, the norm for on-campus teaching, students have the opportunity to negotiate, assert their own values, question those values and to respect the contributions of others. Group tasks such as focus group analysis of set texts followed by reporting to the class are part of the tutorial program.
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