School Of EducationLiteracy 0-8Western Sydney University Unit Code: 101106.2
Discipline: TEACHER EDUCATION: EARLY CHILDHOOD
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
100314 - Literacy Learning in Early Childhood 1, 100315 - Literacy Learning in Early Childhood 2
Incompatible Units
101621 - Early Literacy Learning
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
This unit is only available to students from the School of Education as students are required to complete observations and planning and must have completed Child Protection trainingand prior to enrolling in this unit students must have: 1) submitted a Prohibited Employment Declaration prior to 1 June 2010 or a Working with Children Check Student Declaration after 1 June 2010. Successful completion of 60 credit points for undergraduate students in course 1670 - Bachelor of Education (Birth - 5 Years).
About this Unit
From 2011, this unit is replaced by 101803 Literacy in the Early Years. This unit focuses on issues relating to the language and literacy development of young children in the years birth to eight. It investigates the nature and processes of literacy learning, including listening, speaking, reading, writing, spelling, drawing, visual and critical literacies in children’s daily lives in diverse contexts. The unit includes processes for teaching beginning readers and the use of a range of children’s literature to promote children’s language and literacy learning. There is a strong focus on the role of early childhood educators in assessing children’s language and literacy learning and planning experiences that incorporate children’s home literacies and build on children’s strengths.