Literacies, Languages, and Learners (EDUC91122)

This subject introduces Teacher Candidates to the theory and pedagogies of language and literacy education, emphasising the increasing complexity of literacy in secondary schools. Recognising the interrelationship between literacy and learning, Teacher Candidates are supported to identify both the language and literacy needs of their students, and the language and literacy demands of their learning areas. This subject references the Australian/Victorian Curricula and Frameworks.

Teacher Candidates will be introduced to a range of teaching strategies across the language modes - speaking, listening, reading, viewing, writing - and supported to select best practice pedagogy and assessment to develop their classroom practice.

Embedded throughout this subject is the Clinical Teaching Model, which will support Teacher Candidates to select and integrate teaching strategies and resources, including ICT, and to assess and provide feedback to students to meet their learning needs.

The assessment tasks in this subject will support Teacher Candidates to apply their understanding of contemporary theories and pedagogies of language and literacy to the language and literacy demands of their learning areas to develop, structure and sequence learning programs and use assessment and feedback to support student learning.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, Teacher Candidates should be able to:

• Critically reflect on contemporary theories and pedagogies of language and literacy education, and the implications for effective teaching practice.
• Analyse and apply knowledge of the language and literacy demands of learning areas to differentiate teaching and learning for students across the full range of abilities.
• Integrate teaching strategies and resources, including ICT, that support all students to successfully negotiate the increasing complexity of literacy in secondary education.
• Select assessment, diagnostic and feedback strategies to assess and support the language and literacy development of students across the full range of abilities.

Generic skills