Undergraduate Course: Primary Literacies 2: Developing literacies in the middle and upper stages (EDUA10168)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education and Sport |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course addresses current research, theories, policies and perspectives regarding language and literacy learning and the implications for professional action in the primary school. Students will be encouraged to construct creative learning experiences that show clear and meaningful integration of language and literacy across the curriculum. Theories of genre, the writing process and critical literacy will be investigated. There is a focus throughout the course on recognising, valuing and including the literacies and languages that children bring with them from their everyday worlds into the classroom. These include a range of digital literacies or new literacies, as well as aspects of children's popular culture. Furthermore, the course will focus on approaches to supporting children with English as an additional language (EAL) in the primary classroom to access the mainstream curriculum. The course utilises ways of working with the student's own academic literacy needs and situates this within a sense of personal literacy biographies and personal search.
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| Course description |
Lectures, workshops and independent study will focus on the following themes but these will be delivered in an integrated way:
* Talking and listening
* Developing an appreciation of the writer's craft
* Reading and writing for information
* Poetry and language awareness
* Knowledge about language, language diversity and language policy
* Accounts of literacy learning; biography and personal narratives
* Analysis of literacy difficulties and appropriate intervention strategies
* New literacies; multimodal and digital texts
* Comprehension and critical literacy
* Literacy across learning
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Reflect critically on the development of reading, writing, listening and talking in the middle and upper stages of primary school.
- Apply pedagogical knowledge in relation to the theory of teaching of reading, writing, listening and talking.
- Identify potential opportunities for assessment and the potential to use assessment to support pupils¿ learning in literacy
- Examine and differentiate between cognitive, personal, social and cultural aspects of children's literacy development.
- Critically appraise students' own literacy skills and attitudes.
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Reading List
Bearne, E. & Kennedy, R. (2012) Literacy and Community: Developing a Primary Curriculum Through Partnerships. Royston: UKLA.
Cremin, T. & Myhill, D. (2011) Writing Voices: Creating Communities of Writers. London: Routledge.
Gibbons, P. (2009) English Learners, Academic Literacy and Thinking: Learning in the Challenge Zone. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Medwell, J. A., Wray, D., Moore, G. E., & Griffiths, V. (2011) Primary English: Knowledge and Understanding (5th edition). Exeter: Learning Matters.
Pahl, K. & Rowsell, J. (2012) Literacy and Education: Understanding the New Literacy Studies in the Classroom (2nd edition). London: Sage.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Adopt a reflective approach to school experiences
Take personal responsibility for students' own literacy development
Use enquiry to identify opportunities for learning.
Use communication to enhance understanding of a topic and to engage effectively with peers |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Each workshop will have a corresponding lecture (either face-to-face or online) |
| Keywords | Literacy development,Reading,Writing,Talking,Listening,Literacy practices,Literacy Assessment |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ann Rae
Tel: (0131 6)51 4880
Email: ann.rae@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lorraine Nolan
Tel: (0131 6)51 6571
Email: Lorraine.Nolan@ed.ac.uk |
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