EDF5135 · English education in the secondary years A

Overview

This unit enables you to build a strong foundation for your career-long professional learning as a teacher of English, literature, literacy and related subjects in secondary school (Years 7 to 12). You will work collaboratively and independently to develop your skills and knowledge in planning and implementing curriculum materials in the area of subject English. A focus on different orientations to the teaching of English, and how these inform practice, will allow you to critically engage with issues in the English teaching profession. You will learn how teachers plan for and undertake educational projects and research as part of their professional work. You will also learn to appreciate how language, in its various modes and uses, including those involving information and communication technologies (ICT), mediates the learning of all young people across a range of curriculum areas and in their outside-school lives. Through an examination of a range of national and international education policies and curriculum frameworks, you are familiarised with current developments in the theory and practice of English literacy education. The unit informs and facilitates your active contributions to contemporary dialogue within the English teaching profession, drawing both on the rich traditions and exciting innovations in English education in Australia and internationally.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. critically reflect on your beliefs, ethical practices and experiences in regard to teaching subject English (Language, Literature and Literacy)
2. inquire into and develop professional knowledge about subject English, its history, development and contemporary debates
3. critically and creatively use a range of literacy practices, including contemporary practices such as multimodality and digital literacies, in their teaching
4. investigate the impact of recent language and literacy policy on curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and ethical issues in different subject areas
5. plan for, enact and adjust as appropriate a variety of teaching and learning strategies and assessment practices that meet the needs of a diverse range of student learners, in a variety of settings and curriculum contexts
6. bring an informed perspective to professional debates relevant to English teaching and undertake educational projects or research relevant to your work as a professional teacher.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. *Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.