English in the Primary Years: Focus on Writing and Creating

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of research into how students learn to write and the implications for classroom teaching and learning (GTSD 1.2.1);
  2. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of language, literacy and texts (and their grammatical and visual features) relevant to teaching writing and creating in the Australian Curriculum: English and the NSW English K–10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum (GTSD 2.1.1);
  3. demonstrate knowledge of strategies for teaching writing and creating that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, including strategies for teaching explicitly about the context, language features (paragraph, sentence, word levels) and multimodal features of texts (GTSD 1.3.1, 2.3.1, 2.6.1);
  4. demonstrate knowledge of strategies for teaching literacy, and their application in writing and creating texts in English and other learning areas (GTSD 2.1.1, 2.5.1);
  5. apply an understanding of assessment strategies, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative approaches, to assess student learning against curriculum achievement standards and/or syllabus outcomes for writing and creating (GTSD 5.2.1, 5.4.1); and
  6. design an integrated unit of work using knowledge of curriculum, assessment and reporting, student learning and effective strategies for teaching writing and representing in English, including strategies to evaluate the unit (GTSD 2.3.1, 2.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.6.1).

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• About University of New England

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• UNE-SPE-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Special and Inclusive Education (Primary)

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

• UNE-EDEE250-English in the Primary Years: Focus on Teaching Early Reading

Others

Candidature in the Bachelor of Special and Inclusive Education Primary.
To enrol in this subject you will need to pass the Prerequisite/s. Please note as UNE results are released after the close of enrolment date, your enrolment into this subject will be withdrawn if you do not pass the prerequisite subject/s.

Additional requirements

• Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media). Headset, including microphone (highly recommended). Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
• Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. For additional information please visit UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
• Other requirements -

  Textbook requirements:
  Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.
  Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.
  Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.