This unit focuses on literacy and social justice: the importance of supporting all young children's developing understanding of and access to a range of literacies in the early years. Students will explore the use of visual literacies, community literacies and digital literacies to understand how they can extend young children's communication, language and literacy development, and creative thinking. The impact of popular culture, critical literacy and digital technologies and the use of these as learning tools will be a key focus. Partnering with families to help children learn through and about language and literacies will also be an important theme.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Education |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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132 credit points including EDUF1019 and (EDEC1006 or EDEC1004) and (EDEC2006 or EDEC2004) and (EDEC2009 or EDEC2001) and EDEC2010 and EDEC3007 and EDEC3008 and EDEC3011 |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Amanda Niland, amanda.niland@sydney.edu.au |
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Guest lecturer(s) | Robyn Ewing, robyn.ewing@sydney.edu.au |
Kirsty McGeoch, kirsty.mcgeoch@sydney.edu.au | |
Lecturer(s) | Wilma Murdoch, wilma.murdoch@sydney.edu.au |
Amanda Niland, amanda.niland@sydney.edu.au |