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ECM381 - Secondary English 1

2025

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Education

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

Prerequisites

Incompatible

ECM581 -OR- Incompatible with achievement in ECM281

Assumed Knowledge

Unit Description

This unit introduces preservice teachers to curriculum concepts and pedagogies in the field of English teaching in junior secondary. The unit develops in-depth knowledge of the Australian Curriculum: English Year 7 to Year 10 and models and frameworks related to the specialised discourse of contemporary literary studies in English education, including textual concepts of multimodality and meaning, digital capability, critical and creative practice, and intercultural understanding. Preservice teachers will critically review a range of contemporary strategies to design and align quality teaching and assessment for diverse learners, and to program a secondary English curriculum designed to meet learning outcomes in content strands of literature and language and literacy.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Critically apply disciplinary knowledge related to the Australian Curriculum content of English Year 7 to Year 10, to design effective teaching and learning plans.
2.	Critically apply knowledge of current research literature to analyse and evaluate approaches to the teaching of English.
3.	Theorise and critically reflect on teaching strategies and learning tasks that cater to student diversity.
4.	Plan a repertoire of context specific formative and summative assessment practices focused on evidence of student learning to provide targeted feedback.
5.	Design a range of literacy and numeracy teaching strategies appropriate to the teaching of secondary English.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Annotated bibliography (700 words)	10%	1,2
2.	Video essay (5 minutes)	40%	1,2,3,4,5
3.	Lesson sequence (2,000 words)	50%	1,2,3,4,5

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2025	Semester 1	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR	View
2025	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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OLR: Internet access is required for this unit as students are required to access study materials provided on-line through Learnline. Please log into Learnline on the first day of each teaching period. For more information about Learnline, please click here.

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