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<p>This unit is designed to develop PSTs comprehensive understanding of literacy, language, and literature in the early years of primary education, with a focus on research-based explicit teaching, modelling, and scaffolding practices. It covers systematic reading instruction, including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and oral language, while connecting theory to current curriculum frameworks. The unit emphasises the impact of explicit reading and writing comprehension instruction across the curriculum and explores effective teaching and assessment strategies. It also highlights the role of children’s literature in learning and encourages reflection on personal literacy strengths, equipping students to implement evidence-based practices in diverse classroom contexts.</p>
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<ul><li>The nature and scope of language, literacy, and literature pedagogies in early primary education, with a focus on explicit teaching, modelling, and scaffolding practices.</li><li>Translating current theories and curriculum frameworks into effective classroom practice, with a focus on research-based strategies for teaching literacy.</li><li>Knowledge and skills to teach phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and oral language in the primary school years.</li><li>Designing appropriate practices to incorporate multimodal texts and multiliteracies into early years classroom contexts.</li><li>The role of children's literature in planning, teaching, and learning processes, and its integration into reading and writing instruction.</li><li>An overview of research-informed teaching and assessment practices for reading, writing, spelling, grammar, oral language, and visual literacies, with attention to systematic and explicit instruction.</li><li>Recognising and planning for literacy experiences across all areas of the curriculum, supporting literacy development through integrated activities.</li><li>Strengthening personal literacy skills that are fundamental to success as a teacher.</li></ul>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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<p>This unit is designed to develop PSTs comprehensive understanding of literacy, language, and literature in the early years of primary education, with a focus on research-based explicit teaching, modelling, and scaffolding practices. It covers systematic reading instruction, including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and oral language, while connecting theory to current curriculum frameworks. The unit emphasises the impact of explicit reading and writing comprehension instruction across the curriculum and explores effective teaching and assessment strategies. It also highlights the role of children’s literature in learning and encourages reflection on personal literacy strengths, equipping students to implement evidence-based practices in diverse classroom contexts.</p>
Unit content
<ul><li>The nature and scope of language, literacy, and literature pedagogies in early primary education, with a focus on explicit teaching, modelling, and scaffolding practices.</li><li>Translating current theories and curriculum frameworks into effective classroom practice, with a focus on research-based strategies for teaching literacy.</li><li>Knowledge and skills to teach phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and oral language in the primary school years.</li><li>Designing appropriate practices to incorporate multimodal texts and multiliteracies into early years classroom contexts.</li><li>The role of children's literature in planning, teaching, and learning processes, and its integration into reading and writing instruction.</li><li>An overview of research-informed teaching and assessment practices for reading, writing, spelling, grammar, oral language, and visual literacies, with attention to systematic and explicit instruction.</li><li>Recognising and planning for literacy experiences across all areas of the curriculum, supporting literacy development through integrated activities.</li><li>Strengthening personal literacy skills that are fundamental to success as a teacher.</li></ul>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/edbed2008">070301 - Curriculum Studies</a>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Requisites
Prerequisite
<p>must have completed <a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=EDBED1011" target="_blank">EDBED1011</a></p>
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
<p>must not have completed EDBED1002 OR must not have completed EDBED2006 OR must not have completed EDBED2101 OR must not have completed EDFGC2020</p>
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Investigate the role of literacy, language and literature in primary education with a specific focus on the early primary years and understand research into how explicit teaching, modelling, and scaffolding support literacy learning. </p>
K2
<p>Recognise that literacy is multiliterate, multimodal and explore its integration into effective classroom practice.</p>
K3
<p>Understand how phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and oral language underpin the development of reading and writing.</p>
K4
<p>Examine research based practices for the teaching and assessment of reading, writing, spelling, grammar, oral language, and visual literacies.</p>
K5
<p>Link curriculum policies with school and classroom literacy planning using current curriculum documents.</p>
S1
<p>Implement explicit teaching and learning strategies for reading, writing, spelling, grammar, oral language and visual literacies in the early primary years.</p>
S2
<p>Integrate a range of multimodal children’s literature into literacy instruction.</p>
S3
<p>Identify effective practices to support students experiencing challenges in literacy development.</p>
S4
<p>Develop and implement a learning plan to strengthen personal literacy knowledge and skills.</p>
A1
<p>Demonstrate an understanding of the key components of reading in the early years of primary school, effective strategies for teaching reading, and the role of children’s literature, supported by relevant peer-reviewed research.</p>
A2
<p>Plan and design lesson sequences that incorporate explicit teaching practices integrating reading and writing activities aligned with current curriculum frameworks, to support literacy learners at an early primary year level.</p>
Assessment
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<p>Investigate the multifaceted aspects of reading in the early years of primary school. Discuss key components of reading, effective strategies for teaching and the role of children’s literature. Discussion should be supported by relevant peer-reviewed research.</p>
<p>Research essay</p>
<p>40-60%</p>
K1, K3, K4, S3, A1
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<p>Analyse an early year's literacy case study in relation to the current curriculum framework, and other pertinent assessment approaches. Create a series of effective learning experiences which include teaching practices to support and scaffold literacy development for all literacy learners.</p>
<p>Extended analytical response and learning sequence</p>
<p>40-60%</p>
K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2
3
<p>Evaluation, reflection and action plan on personal literacy capabilities obtained from feedback from previous assessments and literacy practice tests.</p>
<p>Personal Literacy Reflection and Action Plan</p>
<p>S/U</p>
S4
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplimentary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
FedTASK
FedTASK
<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
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FedTASK 1: Interpersonal
The ability to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
FedTASK 2: Leadership
The ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
FedTASK 3: Critical Thinking and Creativity
The ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using imagination to create new ideas.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 4: Digital Literacy
The ability to work fluently across a range of tools and applications to achieve a range of skills.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
FedTASK 5: Sustainable and Ethical Mindset
The ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/edbed2008">070301 - Curriculum Studies</a>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
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