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EDMT5001: Children's Literature and Literacy
2020 unit information
This unit focuses on the imaginative and creative use of contemporary literature for children and young adolescents in primary classrooms. It emphasises practical and theoretical issues surrounding picture books, chapter books, novels and poetry for children in K-6 but will also examine the impact of new media on emerging forms of narrative and the importance of creative writing in the classroom. The sessions will involve discussion of participants' wide and close reading of a range of children's literary texts and of the recent theory and research relating the characteristics of such texts to the classroom practicalities of literacy pedagogy. The unit uses both formative and summative assessment strategies.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Education
| Code | EDMT5001 |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 2 |
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Prerequisites:
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24 credit points including EDMT5502 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate knowledge about, and skills in, the key learning areas of English with an additional focus on drama, visual arts (2.1.1)
- LO2. understand that the kinds of readers and writers that it is possible for children to become is greatly influenced by the kinds of texts they are afforded access to alongside the kinds of interaction they experience around these texts (2.1.1, 6.2.1, 6.3.1)
- LO3. consider the role of quality literature in the creative writing process (2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1)
- LO4. engage with and understand the nexus between practice, theory and research and as a result, integrate quality literature with integrity across the primary curriculum (2.1.1)
- LO5. gain confidence in selecting quality literature and designing a range of engaging inclusive related learning activities that facilitate children's critical engagement with literary texts (2.2.1, 2.3.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1)
- LO6. renew your own creative and imaginative potential through your reading of a wide range of children's literature.
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