Overview

This unit provides pre-service teachers with a diverse set of skills and in-depth knowledge related to literacy and numeracy within the context of Australian schools and curriculum. By engaging in student-directed inquiry into their chosen subject areas, pre-service teachers will analyse and synthesise understanding of the literacy and numeracy demands and conventions of these areas, and plan for literacy and numeracy development within their subject teaching. This learning will be critically analysed through group responses to scenarios, reinforcing the position that all teachers are teachers of literacy and numeracy, regardless of their teaching specialisation and context

Requisites

Prerequisites
EDU30069 Literacy and Numeracy across the Curriculum

Requisite for EDU30069

100 cp in BA-EDUPRI1 Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Teaching Period 1
Location
Online
Start and end dates
10-March-2025
08-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
23-March-2025
Census date
04-April-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
02-May-2025
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Critically analyse the teaching of literacy and numeracy and their application across disciplines.
  • Differentiate between formal and informal numeracy and literacy learning and thinking.
  • Construct processes and experiences that develop students’ literacy and numeracy capabilities within and beyond disciplinary areas.
  • Evaluate understanding of the literacy and numeracy conventions and demands associated with curriculum areas.
  • Design effective communication, using a range of media and technologies as appropriate, for specific educational purposes within curricula programs.

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture
1.00  12 weeks  12
On-campus
Class
3.00  8 weeks  24
Online
Learning activities
4.00  12 weeks  48
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning
5.50  12 weeks  66
TOTAL     150

Swinburne Online

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning
12.50 12 weeks 150
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Portfolio Individual  50%  1,2,3 
Presentation and Report Individual/Group  50%  1,2,3,4,5 

Content

  • What is literacy? What does it mean to be literate?
  • What is numeracy? What does it mean to be numerate?
  • Multi-literacies
  • New media and technological literacy
  • Literacy and numeracy as a cross-curriculum priority and general capability
  • Mathematical literacy
  • Effective teaching of literacy and numeracy
  • Effective assessment of literacy and numeracy
  • Students with additional needs in literacy and numeracy

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.