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Literacy Assessment and Learning (EDUC91087) // Further information
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Semester 1
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Prescribed texts
Seely Flint, A., Kitson, L., Lowe, K. & Shaw, K. (2020). Literacy in Australia: Pedagogies for engagement. 3rd edition.
Recommended texts and other resources
Afflerbach, P. (2016). Reading assessment: Looking ahead.The Reading Teacher, 69 (4), 413–419
Annandale, K., Bindon, R., Handley, K., Johnston, A. Lockett, L. & Lynch, P. (2003). First steps: Linking assessment, teaching and learning (2nd ed.) (pp85-120). Rigby.
Campbell, R, (2017). Assessing writing for effective teaching (pp89-99). In H. Fehring (Ed).,Assessment into practice.: Primary English Teaching Association Australia (PETAA).
Cloonan, A., Hutchison, K., Paatsch, L. (2016). Renewing assessment practices: Literacy teaching and learning in digital environments. International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation, 23(4), 13-28
Cozmescu, H. & Sandiford, C. (2021). Building curriculum knowledge through talk for learning. In H. Harper & S. Feez (Eds.). An EAL/D Handbook (pp. 77 - 96), PETAA.
Davison, C. & Michell, M. ( 2014). EAL Assessment: what do Australian teachers want? TESOL in Context 24 (2), 51-72
Fountas, C.I., & Pinnell, G.S. (2018). Every Child, Every Classroom, Every Day: From Vision to Action in Literacy Learning. The Reading Teacher 72 (1) 7-19.
Godinho, S., Woolley, M., Scholes, M. & Sutton, G. (2017). Literacies for remote schools: Looking beyond a one size fits all approach. Literacy Learning: the Middle Years, 25 (1), 28 – 40.
Henderson, R. (Ed.).(2019). Teaching Literacies: Pedagogies and Diversity. 2nd edition. Oxford
Humphry, S., Heldsinger, S., & Dawkins, S. (2017). A two-stage assessment method for assessing oral language in early childhood. Australian Journal of Education, 61, 1–17.
Rose, D. (2016). Engaging and supporting all our students to read and learn from reading. PETAA Paper 202. PETAA.
Rossbridge, J. (2017). Focussing on assessment and the teaching and learning cycle through whole school professional learning. In H. Fehring (Ed.), Assessment into practice: Understanding assessment practice to improve students’ literacy learning (pp. 51 – 56). PETAA.
State Government of Victoria. (2018). Literacy Teaching Toolkit.
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Type Name Course Master of Teaching (Primary) - Links to additional information
Melbourne Graduate School of Education: https://education.unimelb.edu.au/
Last updated: 10 February 2024