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EDSE3044: Teaching English 1
2024 unit information
This unit of study is the first of three curriculum methodology units designed to equip you to teach secondary English and develop your professional identity as a high school English teacher. This unit will introduce you to the theories and principles of teaching and learning in subject English, raise your awareness of the debates and issues relevant to teaching English, and develop your understanding of the New South Wales English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Education
| Code | EDSE3044 |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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72 credit points, including (EDSE2001 or EDHP2001) and 12 credit points at 2000 level from (Australian Literature or English) |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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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 of the theory and pedagogy relevant to effective teaching and learning English across the language modes of listening, speaking, reading, representing, viewing and writing, and develop a repertoire of literacy strategies to address the needs of diverse students [1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6]
- LO2. critique and understand the central tenets of the major theories relevant to language learning as they apply to secondary English teaching, learning, assessment and student achievement [2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4]
- LO3. be familiar with current issues and developments in the teaching of secondary English, including developments at local, state, national and international levels [3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4]
- LO4. provide evidence of wide reading and knowledge across a broad range of textual forms, including poetry, drama, fiction, non-fiction, media, multi-media, and other types of texts appropriate to the range of abilities at all levels in the secondary school [3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4]
- LO5. demonstrate an ability to integrate aims, outcomes, appropriate pedagogical and assessment strategies and resources in lesson planning, based on an understanding of the requirements of the Stage 4-5 English Syllabus and other curriculum documents and the needs and capacities of a diversity of students [3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, and 4.5]
- LO6. demonstrate an understanding of the process for planning and designing units of work based on the requirements of the Stage 4-5 English Syllabus and the place of lesson plans within this broader unit and program scheme [5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2]
- LO7. demonstrate a thorough understanding of outcomes-based approaches to teaching and learning in secondary English and be able to integrate this understanding in a sequence of lesson plans [5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.4]
- LO8. demonstrate a thorough understanding of the structure, contents, underpinning theory, mandated texts and indicative hours, the place of ICT, and assessment requirements of the Stage 4-5 English Syllabus, and understand external examination/testing requirements for students in English in years 7-10 [5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2]
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