Course Title: Literacy and numeracy across the curriculum

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Literacy and numeracy across the curriculum

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
TCHE2709	City Campus	Postgraduate	360H Education	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Robyn Cox & Tasos Barkatsas

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925

Course Coordinator Email: robyn.cox2@rmit.edu.au & tasos.barkatsas@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: City

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

Course Description

This course considers how teaching and learning in secondary schools can be improved through better understanding of literacy and numeracy and improved literacy and numeracy practices. You will explore your role as a future secondary school teacher in developing appropriate literacy and numeracy knowledge and skills in both your learners and yourself. You will be supported through this course to develop an in-depth and evidence-informed understanding of both literacy and numeracy content and pedagogies to prepare you to provide for the needs of a diverse student population. Importantly, you will learn to identify the literacy and numeracy challenges in specific curriculum areas and in the secondary curriculum generally and acquire practical classroom strategies to help students meet these challenges.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes 

This course contributes to the following program learning outcomes:  

PLO3 Critically analyse relevant evidence-based disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge and experience to plan, implement and assess student learning, social and intellectual development. 

PLO6 Transform learning and teaching contexts with the use of digital skills, tools and emerging educational technologies. 

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

		Graduate APST
1.	Describe literacy and numeracy in operational, cultural and critical terms and explain the literacy and numeracy factors that affect student learning in specific curriculum areas.	1.2, 1.5, 2.5, 4.1
2.	Apply contemporary instructional design principles to the design and production of learning resources to compose, comprehend and construct effective literacy and numeracy support materials.	2.1, 2.2, 3.2
3.	Critically analyse the linguistic/literacy and numeracy demands associated with curriculum resource materials, content and tasks.	2.1, 3.3, 3.4
4.	Evaluate, implement and review the strategies employed in classrooms, in relation to literacy and numeracy.	2.5, 3.6
5.	Apply key literacies and numeracies relevant to teaching and learning to exhibit personal competence in literacies and numeracies relevant to their teaching and learning contexts.	2.5, 6.2

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
AT1	Literacy and Numeracy Skills in Secondary Education	35%	1, 5	1.2, 1.5, 2.5, 4.1 6.2
AT 2	Assessing learning needs (group task)	25%	1, 3, 4	2.1, 2.5, 3.3, 3.4 3.6,
AT 3	Teaching portfolio – text analysis and teaching plan	40%	2, 3, 4, 5	2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 6.2

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.