EDF5136 · English education in the secondary years B

Overview

This unit builds on EDF5135 English education in the secondary years A by extending your knowledge, skills and capacities. You will continue to build a strong foundation for your career-long professional learning as a teacher of English language, literature, literacy and related subjects in secondary school (Years 7 to 12). You will work collaboratively and independently to plan and implement appropriate curriculum 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 key issues in the English teaching profession. You will also learn how teachers plan for and undertake educational projects and research as part of your professional work. You will develop a finely honed appreciation of how language, in its various modes and uses, including digital literacies, mediates the learning of all young people in school and in their outside-school lives. Through an examination of a range of national and international education policies and curriculum frameworks, you will be familiarised with current developments in the theory and practice of English language education. The unit informs and facilitates your active contributions to contemporary dialogue within the English teaching profession, drawing both on 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

Learning outcomes

1. critically reflect on your beliefs, ethical practices and experiences regarding teaching subject English (Language, Literature and Literacy) and apply these insights in the development of high-quality English curriculum
2. critically inquire into and develop advanced professional knowledge about subject English, its history and established practices, recent policy and research developments and contemporary debates
3. critically and creatively use a variety of advanced multimodal teaching and communication strategies, cross-cultural competencies and high-quality pedagogies to respond to diverse needs and build ethical relationships with diverse learners
4. utilise and apply evidence-informed and research-led decision making to design and implement high-quality assessment approaches within subject English
5. critically investigate the impact of contemporary language and literacy education policy on curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and ethical issues in subject English
6. actively participate in professional communities and debates to develop advanced knowledge about contemporary priorities within English education.

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.