This unit of study focuses on the use of literary texts in the classroom through pedagogy that combines the communicative modes of speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing and representing. Picture books, novels, plays and poetry as well as texts of popular culture will be used as the basis of teaching the English curriculum to children in the middle years (NSW Stages 2 and 3, grades 3, 4, 5 and 6). The unit emphasis will be on developing children's critical understanding and imaginative writing through strategies that encourage creative responses to and close study of literary texts. You will develop pedagogic reasoning to inform planning of teaching experiences to suit all learners.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Education |
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Credit points | 4 |
Prerequisites
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138 credit points including EDUP3004 and EDUP3006 and EDUP3007 and (EDUP3009 or EDUP3010) and EDUP3034 |
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 | Alyson Simpson, alyson.simpson@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Alyson Simpson, alyson.simpson@sydney.edu.au |
Tutor(s) | Phillip Poulton, phillip.poulton@sydney.edu.au |
Katherine Halcrow, katherine.halcrow@sydney.edu.au |