English in Primary School
Duration
- One semester
Contact hours
- On-campus: 24 hours Face to face Swinburne online – Fully online
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2021 teaching periods
Hawthorn
Higher Ed. Semester 2 | ||
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Swinburne Online
Teaching Period 1 | Teaching Period 2 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
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Teaching Period 3 | ||
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Prerequisites
Aims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Teach English, including language acquisition and literacy development.
2. Analyse pedagogical approaches in teaching and learning of English in the Primary classroom.
3. Generate plans of lessons/units of work that reflect relevant current curriculum documentation and contemporary pedagogical approaches including the use of ICT.
4. Analyse a range of assessment strategies and record keeping instruments within English in terms of their purpose, benefits, limitations and implementation constraints.
5. Evaluate principles and strategies for reporting student achievement within English.
Courses with unit
MA-TEAPRI3 Master of Teaching (Primary)
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
On-campus
This unit involves up to 150 hours of work including:
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Workshop | 3 | 8 | 24 |
Online Contact | N/A |
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Specified Learning Activities Prescribed readings Online activities | 6 | 8 | 48 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Readings Assignment preparation | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
TOTAL |
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| 150 hours/ 12.5 cp |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact | N/A |
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Online Contact | N/A |
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Specified Learning Activities Prescribed readings Online activities | 6 | 12 | 72 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Readings Assignment preparation | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
TOTAL |
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| 150 hours/12.5 cp |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Essay | Individual | 30% | 1, 2 |
Folio | Individual | 30% | 4, 5 |
Folio | Individual | 40% | 1, 2, 3 |
General skills outcomes
• Analysis Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to work independently
Content
• Contemporary pedagogical approaches and methods of teaching English, including the use of ICT
• English concepts
• Theories of language and literacy development
• Principles of planning and assessing within English
• Strategies for assessing student learning, including the importance and functions of moderation and providing feedback to enhance learning
• Whole language and phonetical approaches
Study resources
- Reading materials.