Literacy Across the Curriculum
Overview
This unit provides pre-service teachers with a range of skills and understandings related to literacy that are now a standard component of the contemporary curriculum environment in Australian schools. By engaging with student-directed inquiry in a range of curriculum areas, pre-service teachers will develop and articulate understanding of the literacy demands and conventions of these areas, and plan for literacy development.
Requisites
Rule
EDU70007 English in Primary School
AND
EDU60015 Supervised Professional Experience 1
OR
EDU60044 Supervised Professional Experience 1
08-December-2024
23-March-2025
15-June-2025
07-September-2025
30-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Examine the teaching of literacy across the curriculum using theory, research and relevant links made to the Australian Curriculum (or a relevant State/Territory curriculum document)
- Compare and contrast the literacy demands and opportunities of two different curriculum learning areas using the Australian Curriculum (or a relevant State/Territory curriculum document) and relevant literature to support
- Develop and evaluate a cross-curriculum lesson plan that embeds literacy learning and development with relevant links made to the Australian Curriculum (or a relevant State/Territory curriculum document)
- Critically discuss the key ideas of sustaining literacy teaching and learning in the 21st century
- Apply knowledge of theory and research to the teaching of literacy across the curriculum with references made to Australian Curriculum
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 | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
Specified Activities Various | 4.00 | 12 weeks | 48 |
Unspecified Activities Various | 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 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Presentation | Individual | 50% | 1,2,3 |
Production Assignment | Individual | 50% | 4,5 |
Content
- What is literacy? What does it mean to be literate
- Multiliteracies
- New media and literacy
- Subject area literacies
- Literacy as a general capability
- Effective teaching of literacy
- Effective assessment of literacy
- Relevant national and/or state or territory curriculum
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.