EDUC4023

EDUC4023: Creating and Responding to Literature

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No other unit in the catalogue lists EDUC4023 as a prerequisite, so it is not a gateway to anything further.

What is EDUC4023 about?

This unit is one of a set of 3 undergraduate option units to prepare Initial Teacher Educators (ITE) to specialise in teaching literacy and English. This unit introduces a range of literary texts applicable to students from Foundation to Year 10, including: short stories, novels, poetry, prose, plays, film and multimodal texts, in spoken, print and digital online form. The unit explores how texts reflect the historical and socio-cultural context of their creation and how different readers respond to them through the lenses of their own personal and socio-cultural context. The text–to-life and life-to-text significance of literature will be explored. In addition to the analysis of linguistic, literary and multimodal devices available to authors, students will investigate how these devices are applied in the process of textual creation. A diverse range of texts, valued for their aesthetic, social and cultural significance, will be at the heart of the unit and will include literature spanning from Australia (including the oral traditions and written texts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders); Asia and the world, as well as sustainability. The unit will explore the dynamic, constantly evolving and polysemic nature of genres of literature. The expectation is that students will have completed two mandatory (non-option) units in English/Literacy before taking this unit.

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Unit details

Credits25

Contact Hours28 Weekly

Result TypeGrade/Mark

AreaSchool of Education (1084)

Field of Education070100 Teacher Education (Narrow Grouping)

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How this unit is taught

Workshop14 x 2 hours weekly