This unit focuses on literacy in the middle years (4-6).<br/>This unit includes: current middle years policies and pedagogies; curriculum planning utilising children's literature, popular culture texts, drama, poetry, email, hypertext, CD-ROMS, and newspapers; the primary-secondary transition; integrating the teaching of literacy into other key learning areas; literacy assessment and reporting using portfolios, anecdotal observations, self-assessments, and diagnostic and standardised tests; developing a personal theory of literacy teaching and learning and becoming a reflective practitioner.Assessment -- Course Website
Instructor: M Wells
Prerequisites: ECL400
