Course overview
This course aims to develop students' capacity to meaningfully integrate literacy and numeracy across the curriculum. A key focus will be on critically examining prevailing conceptions of literacy and numeracy, and analysing how national and international standardized assessments powerfully shape and constrain teaching and learning in these domains. Students will interrogate the assumptions, values and ideologies underpinning dominant approaches, and explore alternative frameworks that recognize the diverse funds of knowledge learners bring. The goal is to develop more expansive, equitable and contextually-responsive practices for embedding literacy and numeracy - informed by critical perspectives.
Course learning outcomes
- Analyse the ethical and societal debates around the use of digital and AI tools
- Analyse the theories and issues of the teaching of literacy and numeracy in the 21st Century and reflect on individual roles and responsibilities with a focus on personable capabilities
- Critically reflect on the role of national and international numeracy standardised assessments, and how this contributes to equitable experiences for all students
- Apply appropriate subject matter expertise in the effective teaching of literacy, including the explicit teaching of reading and writing in subjects other than English
- Apply appropriate subject matter expertise in the effective teaching of numeracy including the explicit teaching of mathematics and building of fluency, understanding, problem solving and reasoning
Degree list
The following degrees include this course