Unit Outline

This unit is designed to provide you with the essential theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to be a proficient secondary English teacher. This unit explores the ways in which adolescents learn to read, write, and communicate in English at the secondary level. It has a particular focus on contemporary approaches to the teaching of reading and writing in the secondary years, including close attention to the teaching of narratives, poetry, film, dramatic performances, and multimodal texts. An important part of this unit involves understanding the Australian Curriculum English content and developing theoretically informed pedagogical approaches. You will be involved in analysing student work samples (reading and writing), observing English teaching practices, and in using the Australian Curriculum documents to plan explicit teaching experiences for language, literature, and literacy learning.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1	analyse a range of literary texts and text types for their pedagogical purposes.
2	apply theoretical knowledge of the English discipline to teaching and assessment.
3	demonstrate academic and information literacy skills through the use of scholarly literature, APA referencing, punctuation, spelling and grammar.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Concurrent Pre-requisite	EMT502

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Quiz	Week 3	10 %	LO1, LO2
Assessment Task 2:	Analysis of Student Work	Week 5	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3
Assessment Task 3:	Observing and Examining English Practice	Week 12	50 %	LO2, LO3

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Quiz

Task Description:

You are required to complete a quiz in MyLO. This quiz will test your knowledge of the content covered in weeks 1, 2, & 3.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 1.2, 2.1, 2.

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 3

Weight:

10 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate an understanding of subject English (100%)	LO1, LO2

Assessment Task 2: Analysis of Student Work

Task Description:

Analysis of student work. Please see MyLO for further details.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 1.2, 2.1, 2.5, 3.3, 3.4, 5.4

Task Length:

1500 words

Due Date:

Week 5

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Analyse student work samples	LO1
2	Apply knowledge of reading and writing development	LO2
3	Explain the importance of developing reading and writing skills.	LO2
4	Communicate ideas in appropriate academic writing	LO3

Assessment Task 3: Observing and Examining English Practice

Task Description:

Classroom Observation. Please see MyLO for further details.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 1.2, 2.1, 2.5, 3.3, 3.4, 5.4

Task Length:

2500

Due Date:

Week 12

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Observe and reflect on English teaching practices in authentic settings.	LO2
2	Apply knowledge of pedagogical practices for reading and writing development.	LO2
3	Create literacy learning experiences for the teaching of reading and writing.	LO2
4	Communicate ideas in appropriate academic writing.	LO3

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.

Required Resources

Required reading materials

Perrin, R. (2015). Pocket guide to APA style (7th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

Reading Lists provide direct access to all material on unit reading lists in one place. This includes eReadings and items in Reserve. You can access the Reading List for this unit from the link in MyLO, or by going to the Reading Lists page on the University Library website.