Course Title: Teaching Reading and Writing

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Teaching Reading and Writing

Credit Points: 12.00

Course Coordinator: Sue Rook

Course Coordinator Phone: 03 9925 1803

Course Coordinator Email: sue.nicola.rook@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses 

Successful completion of TCHE2700 Teaching Early Literacy 

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course. 

For your information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage. 

Course Description

By bringing together the key elements of the earlier courses, this course focuses on the four macro skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking together with a focus on the newer literacies of viewing and creating multimodal texts.  Everyday communication practices are increasingly shaped by information and multimedia technologies, so learners need to learn increasingly complex literacies as they navigate multimodal and hybrid texts. A focus on the reading and writing skills of those who are new to learning English as an academic language in the upper primary is addressed in this course.  With a focus on the functional aspects of language in use, you will consider the reciprocity between reading and writing and consider teaching strategies and planning for literacies learning.   

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following BP320P24 Bachelor of Education (Primary) and BP320PEC24 Bachelor of Education (Primary and Early Childhood Education) Program Learning Outcomes: 

PLO1. Develop and demonstrate broad and coherent theoretical and practical knowledge through one or more of the following practices: planning using data; teaching and learning; assessing; feedback and professional judgement; and appraising impact of teaching across a range of disciplines.  

PLO3. Support students to develop the skills needed to become collaborative, problem-solving, creative learners with agency, and innovative and engaged members of society.  

PLO8. Draw on evidence-based theory and reflective practice to adapt to the changing needs of the profession and to identify professional learning needs to improve student learning outcomes. 

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

		Graduate APST
1.	Discuss evidence-based pedagogy for the teaching of writing	2.1
2.	Critically analyse and evaluate visual literacy and multimodal texts	2.2
3.	Explain the reciprocity of the reading and writing process	2.6
4.	Analyse the textual features of written texts in the genres of persuasive text, informative texts and imaginative texts	5.1
5.	Describe methods for assessing writing and critique the NAPLAN writing task	2.6

Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as workshops, tutorials, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Teaching and learning may be face to face, online, or a combination of both. 

Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems. 

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal. 

Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes (CLO) and on your development against the program learning outcomes. The assessment is also mapped against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST).  

Assessment Tasks 

	Title	Weighting	CLOs	APSTs
AT 1	Annotated collection of multimodal resources	50%	1, 2, 3	2.1, 2.2, 2.6
AT 2	Verbal presentation	50%	1, 4, 5	2.1, 2.6, 5.1

 

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks. 

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more. 

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.