Course overview
This course will engage preservice teachers with theoretical perspectives and approaches for teaching and learning of writing and multimodal text production. Preservice teachers will develop knowledge of text production from a semiotic perspective, inclusive of linguistic and non-linguistic modalities and a range of production technologies. Preservice teachers will also focus on producing and interpreting texts in a range of genres, including narrative, informational and persuasive genres, using a variety of modes. Preservice teachers will learn about and apply instructional practices for teaching writing and multi-modal text production in diverse classroom contexts, building on knowledge of literacy, language and literature gained in previous English courses. This will include knowledge about the phonological, syntactic, semantic and visual resources that children use in the process of composing texts. They will learn how teachers use quality literature and writing processes to support learning about literary and imaginative writing. They will examine how educators, working within current English curriculum frameworks employ specific strategies to teach and assess writing and text production in educational contexts from early childhood through the primary years.
Course learning outcomes
- Describe and analyse theoretical perspectives that inform contemporary English teaching in writing and text production.
- Apply detailed knowledge of the language and literary features and patterns of texts to interpret and create texts
- Design and justify planning and assessment approaches to inform teaching and learning for writing and text production
- Evaluate different theoretical perspectives of learner difference and the implications for inclusive teaching of English
- Apply, justify and demonstrate a range of strategies for teaching writing and text production