EDUC9310 English Curriculum Studies 2: literature studies, case study research, and long-term planning

2016

4.5

6 x 1-hour lectures per semester
6 x 2-hour workshops per semester
2 x 4.5-hour intensive workshops per semester

1 Admission into MTPR-Master of Teaching (Primary)
1a Admission into MTSEPR-Master of Teaching (Special Education) (Primary)
2 EDUC9232 - Professional Experience 1 (Primary R-7)
3 EDUC9125 - English Curriculum Studies 1: Literacy in Changing Educational Contexts
3a EDUC9522 - Intervention for Students with Literacy Difficulties
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a) and 2 and (3 or 3a))

Assignment(s), Project

This topic introduces literature studies in the teaching of English. Students are guided in programming and planning for teaching all aspects of the English curriculum to a particular class of students for a minimum period of six weeks. They are required to undertake a case study of a child with learning difficulties: gather data, summarise and analyse it and then present it with appropriate teaching plans to implement. They are expected to develop teaching plans with year level and context-appropriate content, to use a variety of research-based teaching methodologies and assessment tasks and demonstrate that they can plan for scaffolded learning. It is a requirement that they are able to evaluate their planning and their teaching performance and plans for this self -reflection and self-evaluation must also be developed. Once completed, these artifacts will be used to demonstrate skills and knowledge against the Australian Standards for Graduate Teachers.

This topic aims to:

• introduce planning for the literature component of the English Curriculum;

• assist in the contextualised long-term planning for a particular year level and class of children;

• teach the use of case study methodology in researching a child’s learning difficulties; collecting data, analysing it and presenting it together with teaching plans for the particular child;

• support the use of research-based teaching methodologies and assessment tasks;

• require plans for self-reflection and self-assessment as a basis for future development, and

• provide artefacts for evidence of skills and knowledge against the Australian Standards for Graduate Teachers.

On completion of this topic students will have:

• planned for teaching literature studies;

• undertaken long-term planning of the English Curriculum for a particular year level and in a particular context;

• completed a case study research project and used it as a basis for planning for teaching;

• planned to teach using research-based methodologies and assessment tasks;

• demonstrated an ability to plan for self-reflection and self-evaluation, and

• developed artefacts for their portfolio of evidence about attainment of the Australian Standards for graduate teachers.