Textual Resources Across the Curriculum (EDUC90681)

This subject’s primary focus will be on the reading and writing demands of schooling across the curriculum; a secondary focus will be on developing the teacher participants’ theoretical knowledge of language and textuality so they will have the tools to analyse and articulate the literacy demands made by particular disciplines and particular texts. Topics will include: the elements of language; the importance of a common metalanguage; analysing generic structures; subject area discourses; visual literacy; interpreting graphs, diagrams and tables; matching resources to student needs; matching resources to learning styles; accessing internet resources; critical evaluation of resources.