This unit comprises two segments: (1) language, learning and written literacies—focuses on cultural, social and political dimensions of literacy and the ways in which these affect production of meaning from print texts. It emphasises how knowledge is constructed in different subject-specific discourses and what kinds of literacy support can be offered in mainstream classrooms across the curriculum to enhance students' opportunities for learning; and (2) classroom-based applications—focuses on teaching and learning tasks collected and observed during the school practicum, or selected from common school resource materials. Students analyse the assumptions made about literacy in the teaching... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Val Faulkner
