Details for CRS330 Curriculum Studies – English: Part B

This subject requires teacher education students to continue to reflect on their theoretical knowledge and understanding of secondary English teaching. There will be an emphasis on teaching the ACARA English curriculum 11-12 and NSW English syllabi (Stages 6) for English Standard, English Advanced, and English Extension. It will focus on current pedagogical perspectives in English and allow pre-service teachers to develop critical knowledge and skills by using spoken, written and multimodal texts. This subject will give opportunity to consider global perspectives in education and the implications for teaching English based on these perspectives. They will make links to their own practice and range of strategies they have developed. They will have opportunity to ‘reflect’ on their practice and the impact on competing worldviews, developing a well-researched, evidence-based justification for their own approach to teaching secondary English. It will provide exposure to the current Australian curriculum in English using a variety of frameworks through teaching English to diverse learners. It will address the role of literacy across the curriculum, literacy for academic purposes and workplace multi literacies to broaden themselves and their understanding of diverse human experiences and cultures. 

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: CRS330
• Credit points: 10

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Prerequisite

The following courses are prerequisites:

• CRS220 Curriculum Studies – English: Part A
• EDU103 Foundations of Christian Education
• EDU116 Introduction to Learning Theory
• or 40 credit points

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Demonstrate understanding of Australian and State educational policies and priorities and how they inform ‘best practice’ teaching strategies, which along with engaging resources, enable teachers to fulfil the aims of the senior secondary English curriculum (Standard, Advanced, and Extension). 
2. Describe in detail Standard/Advanced/Extension English – its organisation, the teacher’s role involving support, mentoring, professional development goals, curriculum administration, WHS, and engaging with parents/carers, professional and external community organisations in the teaching of Standard/Advanced/Extension English in both independent (including Christian) or state school contexts; 
3. Develop student-centred innovative and well-designed Standard/Advanced English lesson sequences (history concepts, substance and structure), tools, and skills, with particular attention to the language, literacy and numeracy demands of the content including the general capabilities and cross curriculum priorities, seeking to differentiate for the full range of student abilities, and diverse backgrounds (multilingual and sociocultural) in the classroom, providing explicit strategies to support students’ well-being and safety- legally and educationally, in a range of school contexts;   
4. Design and critically reflect upon units of work, lesson sequences, and curriculum materials using threshold concepts and skills development, knowledge acquisition and signature pedagogies that incorporate ICT, the Quality Teaching Framework, and Great Teaching Inspired Learning using concepts drawn from the Understanding by Design framework;   
5. Create and critically reflect upon a variety of assessment instruments using ‘best practice’ that demonstrate understanding of statistical information, assessment moderation and its application to judge student achievement through assessment of learning, for learning and in learning. Develop examples which could be used to reliably report to parents/carers and professionals. Prepare and assess the integrating of assessment strategies, unit evaluation, course evaluation, and HSC examination. 

Subject Content

1. Australian Curriculum English Framework and NESA’s English Standard Stage 6, English Advanced Stage 6, and Extension English Stage 6 syllabi
2. Values and human issues
   • Community Participation
   • Teacher professional associations
3. Teaching Year 11/12 Standard/Advanced/Extension English Content and Skills 
   • Teacher Decision Making  
   • Teaching General Capabilities
   • Teaching for the range of abilities
   • Teaching for Diverse Settings 
4. Teacher program building 
   • Teacher decision making 
5. Models supporting Assessment 

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Face to face (onsite/extensive)
• E-learning (online/asynchronous)
• E-learning (online/ synchronous)

Please check the timetable to see when this subject will next be offered at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

1. Presentation (40%)
2. Lesson Plan Sequence (30%)
3. Assessing a Unit of Work (30%)

Prescribed Text

No prescribed texts applicable.