Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 12 Hours face to face + Blended, and offered through SOL
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
Aims and objectives
This unit provides pre-service teachers with a diversity of skills and a depth of 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 analyze and synthesize 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 further critically analyzed through group responses to scenarios, reinforcing the position that all teachers are teachers of literacy and numeracy, regardless of their teaching specialization and context.
1. Critically analyze the teaching of literacy and numeracy and their application across disciplines.
2. Differentiate between formal and informal numeracy and literacy learning and thinking.
3. Construct processes and experiences that develop literacy and numeracy capabilities within and beyond disciplinary areas.
4. Evaluate understanding of the literacy and numeracy conventions and demands associated with particular curriculum areas.
5. Design effective communication, using a range of media as appropriate, for specific educational purposes.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
1. Critically analyze the teaching of literacy and numeracy and their application across disciplines.
2. Differentiate between formal and informal numeracy and literacy learning and thinking.
3. Construct processes and experiences that develop literacy and numeracy capabilities within and beyond disciplinary areas.
4. Evaluate understanding of the literacy and numeracy conventions and demands associated with particular curriculum areas.
5. Design effective communication, using a range of media as appropriate, for specific educational purposes.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type (On-campus) | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
On-campus Seminar |
2 |
6 |
12 |
Online Contact Online Class |
1 | 12 | 12 |
Specified Learning Activities Various |
4 |
12 |
48 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent Learning |
6.5 | 12 |
78 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.5 | 12 | 150 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Presentation and Response to Scenario | Individual | 50% | 1, 2, 5 |
Portfolio | Individual | 50% | 3, 4 |
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 literacy
- Subject area literacy and numeracy
- Literacy across curriculum priority
- Numeracy across the curriculum
- Mathematical literacy
- Numeracy concepts and skills
- Numeracy strategies and activities
- Effective teaching of literacy and numeracy
- Effective assessment of literacy and numeracy
- Students with additional needs in literacy and numeracy
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.