MIDDLE YEARS LITERACY AND NUMERACY

EDU3MLN

Not currently offered

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject is designed to provide students with an understanding of middle-years literacy and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy. Students develop discipline and professional knowledge associated with literacy and numeracy. The focus is on strategies to engage students in the middle-years, and on using assessment to inform differentiated teaching and learning.

School: Education (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Debra Edwards

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: EDU1WM AND EDU1LL

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

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Quota Management Strategy: N/A

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Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Victorian Curriculum: Mathematics

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

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Publisher: VCAA

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URL: HTTP://AUSVELS.VCAA.VIC.EDU.AU/MATHEMATICS/OVERVIEW/RATIONALE-AND-AIMS

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Teaching mathematics: Using research informed strategies

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Sullivan, P.

Year: 2011

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Publisher: AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

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Teaching Primary Mathematics

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Booker, G., Bond, D., Sparrow, L. & Swan, P.

Year: 2014

Edition/Volume: 5th Edition

Publisher: SYDNEY: PRENTICE HALL

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Helping children learn mathematics

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Reys, R.E., et al.

Year: 2017

Edition/Volume: 2nd Australian Edition

Publisher: WILEY

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Teaching Literacies: pedagogy and diversity in the middle years

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Henderson, R.

Year: 2012

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Publisher: SOUTH MELBOURNE: OXFORD

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective
DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Broaden your quantitative literacy and critically understand the content, processes and skills of the Australian primary mathematics curriculum, in particular, the Content strands of Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, Statistics and Probability, and the Proficiency strands of Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving, and Reasoning.
02. Demonstrate developing knowledge of effective pedagogical approaches specific to mathematics content with a particular focus on the psychology of learning mathematics and student centred learning in primary and middle-years schooling.
03. Design and implement mathematics lessons that consider principles associated with effective discipline-specific mathematics instruction and theory related to how students learn, and that integrate a range of tasks, high quality resources and materials to support the learning of all students.
04. Demonstrate a practical command of a repertoire of programs, approaches and strategies that reflect current best English teaching, learning and assessment practice.
05. Demonstrate effective use of theoretical frameworks to plan for literacy teaching across the curriculum.
06. Explain the complexity of the socio-political issues surrounding the definition and assessment of literacy.
Subject not currently offered - Subject options not available.