UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

EDF5031 Literacy and English education in the primary years

Faculty of Education

EDF5031 Literacy and English education in the primary years is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Clayton and Peninsula. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Semester 1
Clayton, Peninsula
Workload
144 hours
per semester

The 2027 handbook has no page for EDF5031. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.

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Overview

This unit explores the role and nature of English and literature education in primary settings. The unit prepares you to assess, plan and implement English and literacy learning to enhance children's oral language, reading, writing and visual literacies. In this context, a range of information and communication technologies will be examined for their capacity to extend literacy learning among student participants and within primary classrooms. Through this unit, you will strengthen your personal literacies and capacities for communication as members of the teaching profession.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterClaytonOn campus
First semesterPeninsulaOnline
First semesterPeninsulaOn campus
First semester (Fully flex)ClaytonFlexible
First semester (Fully flex)PeninsulaFlexible

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Identify and critically examine a range of theoretical perspectives on literacies, and English and literacy learning in the primary years

  2. 2

    Develop the ability to assess, plan and implement effective and inclusive English and literacy learning experiences for primary school children which reflect the complex nature of English and literacy teaching and learning in an increasingly diverse social and cultural world influenced by technological and social change

  3. 3

    Understand how to assess, plan and implement literacy learning experiences that develop students' reading, writing, visual and oral literacy skills

  4. 4

    Become competent in your personal literacies, including a range of information and communication technologies.

Workload and teaching

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • equivalent to 24 hours engagement in online, face-to-face or blended platforms

(b.) Contact hours for off-campus students:

  • equivalent to 24 hours engagement in online or blended platforms

(c.) Additional requirements (all students)

  • independent study to make up the minimum required hours per semester

Where it fits

EDF5031 is part of 3 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Dr Sue Wilson
Dr Damien Lyons
Chief Examiners
Dr Damien Lyons

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for EDF5031?

EDF5031 has no prerequisites.

When is EDF5031 offered?

In 2020, EDF5031 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton and Peninsula, with an online option.

How much work is EDF5031?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Which majors and minors include EDF5031?

EDF5031 is part of Early years and primary education; Primary and secondary education; and Primary education.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Education
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 1
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2020