ECN726 - Teaching Literacy and Numeracy
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 3: Cloud (online) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 3: Paul Garner |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in course E530, E730, E737, E763, D303 or D304 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | It is expected that students will engage weekly with online materials for a minimum of 2-hours. This may include but is not limited to the following: Black Board Collaborate, discussion boards, online readings and online modules |
Content
This unit will critically analyse, evaluate and apply an advance understanding of evidence-based research relating to ongoing literacy, numeracy and learning development, particularly as it applies to diverse learners, including students with a disability. You will explore and define literacy and numeracy development for personal lifelong learning.
This unit enables you to understand contemporary research informing the improvement of young peoples’ literacy and numeracy engagement, including the methods of research and approaches to data collection.
The unit will examine how relevant data are analysed and subsequently used to inform policy development and the creation of effective teaching approaches to literacy and numeracy. You will analyse legislative requirements and authentic examples of literacy and numeracy data and strategies to identify students’ learning needs, including students with a disability, and apply a range of applied learning teaching strategies to support participation and learning development in literacy and numeracy for students in the middle and later years.
There will also be an emphasis on catering for specific literacy and numeracy learning needs of individual students within specialist subject areas, including an audit of teaching strategies supporting literacy and numeracy development.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Integrate all aspects of the VCAL or equivalent curriculum including the different strands and levels, into a program of learning that details differentiated teaching strategies to meet the specific needs of vocational pathways students across a full range of abilities. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem Solving |
| ULO2 | Design, evaluate and justify teaching sequences that incorporate applied learning strategies into the curriculum, pedagogies and assessment and feedback practices of vocational learning programs | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem Solving |
| ULO3 | Critically examine the effectiveness of support agencies and programs that assist young people transition from school to post school vocational education, training and employment | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Critically reflect on personal experiences and expertise, and connect these to both the principles and practices of applied learning and the contextual features of vocational learning environments | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO5 | Apply key principles described in code of ethics and conduct for the teaching profession and explain their application in a vocational learning environment | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Vocational Learning Program Plan | 2500 words | 50% | Week 5 |
| Assessment 2 - Case Study of a Vocational Learning Program | 2500 words | 50% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ECN726
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list.
Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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