Course overview
In this course students will design curriculum and learning sequences in English Curriculum informed by theoretical and pedagogical knowledges and practices, and analyse and evaluate a range of pedagogies and classroom management strategies to inform planning a high quality and inclusive English program. Preservice teachers will apply English curriculum and pedagogical knowledge to designing classroom programs and planning to focus on text practices and conceptual development. Drawing on theoretical frameworks in language, literacy and literature preservice teachers will examine approaches to English curriculum design and planning including dialogic, affective and culturally responsive pedagogies. Through deepening their understanding of assessment and evaluation, preservice teachers will critique approaches to the analysis of assessment data and how this informs teaching and learning. Preservice teachers will explore and critique approaches to classroom management and consider the application to their curriculum design and planning.
Course learning outcomes
- Investigate and evaluate theoretical and pedagogical approaches to curriculum design and planning for teaching and learning in English curriculum.
- Investigate and evaluate inclusive approaches to English curriculum design and planning
- Select and plan pedagogical approaches to support dialogic, affective and culturally responsive teaching.
- Develop and evaluate strategies for the assessment of student learning and data analysis that informs curriculum and pedagogical design.
- Investigate classroom management practices to support inclusive pedagogies In English curriculum