Reading Texts: Selection to Response (EDUC90683)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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This subject will explore theoretical perspectives on reading and what is required to be an effective reader in the 21st Century. The subject will highlight how teachers support students’ acquisition of reading skills, strategies and understandings through drawing on clinical approaches that address the diverse skill sets, abilities and needs of different learners. Research-informed classroom pedagogies for effective teaching of reading across the years of schooling will be emphasised. Topics will include: theories of how children learn to read; reading for engagement and comprehension; reading for learning; reading for pleasure; text selection; reading multimodal texts; reading and interpretation; gender and reading; responding to reading; and assessing reading.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:





  • Understand the complexity of reading and viewing of texts;
  • Investigate and understand the diverse forms of reading and viewing students undertake;
  • Understand the relationship between reading engagement and achievement;
  • Implement informed strategies to engage, instruct and support students in reading;
  • Consider issues of text selection to engage students in wide and close reading.

Generic skills

Students undertaking this subject will develop the following key transferable skills:

  • Problem-solving skills, including identifying and researching strategies to solve unfamiliar problems.
  • Analytical skills and the ability to construct and express logical arguments.
  • Collaborative and teamwork skills through working with fellow students and with work-based colleagues.
  • Skills to investigate critically, implement, adapt and modify new ideas and approaches.
  • The capacity to plan effectively and to meet deadlines.
  • Oral and written communication skills.
  • Interpersonal skills including teamwork and staff mentoring.
  • The capacity to use information and communication technology for a range of purposes.
  • The ability to develop, critique and use appropriately a range of evidence and data.

Last updated: 10 February 2024