PRT3202 Becoming Literate (FOEDU)

Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (ONC)Fraser Cst (ONC)Springfld

Units 2.0 (Nursing Education Teacher Trai) Band 5

Pre-requisite: PRT2201 and PRT2202

State law in Queensland (Australia) requires that all adults working/undertaking professional experience/researching with children under the age of 18, in the state of Queensland are required to possess a current suitability card (Blue Card). (See "Other Requirements" for further information.) Also see: http://www.childcomm.qld.gov.au/employment/bluecard/informationSheets.html.

Synopsis

This course examines current theories and issues in literacy education. This includes a focus on the impact of new technologies, multiliteracies, diversity and classroom pedagogy on the development of a whole-school literacy strategy. Pre-service teachers will have the opportunity to study a variety of text types across the three strands of the English syllabus:- Cultural: making meanings in contexts; Operational: operating language systems; Critical: evaluating and reconstructing meanings in texts. This will contribute to the development of literacy pedagogy for new times, which will necessarily reflect current research and recent initiatives in Queensland. Students should be aware that they require regular access to electronic resources including email and the Internet. Students in this course will participate in an associated professional experience of 15 days during which they will be encouraged to apply their learning from the course and from which they should be able to bring fresh insights to the course work.