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EDUP4091: Expanding English Horizons
2026 unit information
This is the third in a series of units of study that expands students' understanding as future teachers of English and nurtures their professional identity. By examining how theories, practices and pedagogies of teaching reading, writing, viewing, talking, and listening interact in 21st century learning contexts, the unit will encourage students to design innovative pedagogic approaches to teach English and literacy that appropriately address the individual needs of primary school children. The unit will support students' development as teachers who read widely at the same time as they evaluate existing policy, curriculum, moderation, assessment and reporting practices.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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36 credit points of 3000-level EDUP-coded units |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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EDUP4076 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Facilitate language development and literacy learning for children in Stages 2 and 3 by exploring universal designs for learning
- LO2. Rationalise, trial and critique a balanced range of approaches to the teaching of talking, listening, reading and writing in the primary school context in collaborative group situations
- LO3. Expand knowledge base of children’s literature and factual texts and critically justify selection and role in innovative, creative and culturally appropriate teaching of reading and writing
- LO4. Justify lesson sequence encompassing talking, listening, reading and writing activities based on student assessment data to address needs of a diverse range of learners in a safe, ethically informed learning environment providing opportunities for oral and written feedback
- LO5. Demonstrate theoretical understanding of and ability to use metalanguage to analyse schematic structure and grammatical features found in literary and factual texts supporting reading and writing development in Stages 2 and 3
- LO6. Based on assessment of student work samples propose and evaluate explicit and systematic teaching principles and practices for literacy in the primary years addressing multimodality, spelling strategies and vocabulary development integrated across KLA
- LO7. Synthesise effective, collaborative teaching and learning principles and practices in English/literacy to promote creative, critical and imaginative responses to texts incorporating digital platforms
- LO8. Formulate and rationalise evaluative stance on impact of national curriculum, policy and accountability practices on the teaching of English
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2026
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Additional advice
You will be expected to read two novels and one picture book during this unit.