Master of Literacy (MC-LIT) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
About this course
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Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Currently enrolled students:
- Contact Stop 1
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
The last intake of this course was in 2015.
Coordinator
Associate Professor Larissa McLean-Davies
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Understand the development of language and literacy across the spectrum from birth to Year 10 of schooling;
- Understand the fundamental importance of language and literacy in schooling across all learning areas;
- Enhance their teaching of the range of current literacy practices that students have to master, from oral to written, from print to multimodal;
- Understand the importance of developing their students’ capacity for critical and creative practice across the range of literacies they use;
- Take into account the diversity of literacy learners in their teaching practice;
- Demonstrate knowledge of current research in teaching literacy;
- Demonstrate leadership in the literacy curriculum within their workplace.
Graduate attributes
Academically Excellent:the course is based on the latest research into language and literacy teaching, and encourages an inquiry approach in the students.
Knowledgeable across disciplines:While being firmly lodged within the discipline of language and literacy, the course will develop in students a deep understanding of how language and discourse are fundamental in constructing all disciplines.
Leaders in Communities:The course is constructed to develop leaders in literacy within schools.There is a specific subject on leadership included.
Attuned to cultural diversity:The cultural basis of literacy is a constant theme in the program, as is literacy learning for those for whom English is an additional language.
Active global citizens:The development of critical awareness about major global issues, as constructed in verbal and visual representations is an aim of the program, and the way English is used globally in electronic communication will be a constant theme.
Last updated: 21 February 2025