Core Literacy (9863.4)
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | Flexible |
Bruce, Canberra |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Education |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Academic Program Area - Education | Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit | Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Understand and work with key written and spoken academic genres e.g. persuasive texts, discussions;
2. Use text, sentence and word knowledge to read and write academic texts;
3. Identify the underlying grammatical structures of Standard Australian English: Phonetics,
phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax;
4. Engage with language in society and educational environments; and
5. Understand and use the Information Literacy process for locating, selecting and using resources.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Prerequisites
This unit is only available to students enrolled in an Education course.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
4796 Literacy for Teachers.Equivalent units
4796 Literacy for Teachers.Assumed knowledge
Year 12 Tertiary English.Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | Flexible | Dr Rachel Cunneen |
2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Winter Term | 27 May 2024 | Flexible | Dr Rachel Cunneen |
2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | Flexible | Dr Rachel Cunneen |
2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Winter Term | 26 May 2025 | Flexible | Dr Rachel Cunneen |
Required texts
All readings will be made available via the Reading List on the unit's Canvas page each week
Submission of assessment items
Extensions & Late submissions
Approval of extenuating circumstances will be dependent upon the production of supporting documentation and at the discretion of the unit convener.
All assessment items required to be submitted online must be submitted via the appropriate Canvas drop box. It is the student's responsibility to upload the correct and corresponding draft or assessment item to the right submission section. Assignments must be submitted in a format accessible to the assessor(s), as stated on the relevant canvas site. If the unit convener and/or tutor are unable to access a submission, or if no submission has been made by the due date and time, a standard late penalty of 10% of the total marks possible for the task may be applied per day, for three days, after which the submission will receive a score of ‘0' in keeping with UC's Assessment Policy.
Special assessment requirements
Normally an aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the unit.
Completion of the AIM module is a mandatory requirement of this unit.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
- Students are required to complete AIM and upload the completion certificate (badge) to the assessment item drop box on the Canvas site.
- Students who do not submit the completion certificate will be given a withheld (WH) grade until such time as they upload it to the Canvas site.
Provision of valid documentation
Please note that the University takes student conduct very seriously. All documentation provided to University staff must be valid and the provision of fraudulent documentation carries with it potentially serious consequences, including suspension and/or exclusion from the University. Note that all allegations of student misconduct will be referred to the Associate Dean for Education (ADE) as a prescribed authority for investigation.
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Learner engagement
The standard engagement expectation for a 3 credit point unit is 150 hours per unit.
You can expect to engage in the following:
- Reading and private study 50 hours
- Workshop and online participation: 50 hours
- Assessment tasks: 50 hours
Participation requirements
As a unit of study offered in Flexible mode, attendance at scheduled sessions is not a mandatory requirement of this unit. Students who enrol in the ‘self-paced study' option (in lieu of tutorials) effectively have no tutorials to attend, and students who are enrolled in on-campus or remote tutorials may wish to re-allocate to ‘self-paced study' as the semester progresses. There is, however, a strong correlation between participation and success in higher education. With this in mind, we encourage and expect students to actively participate in all module activities to enhance their learning opportunities.
Required IT skills
Artificial intelligence services must not to be used for assessment or assessment preparation by students unless explicitly allowed in the assessment instructions for an assessment task published with the assessment task and/or in the unit outline. That is, an artificial intelligence services may only be used if:
- its use is authorised by the unit convener as part of a specifiedassessment task, and
- it is used in the way allowed in the assessment instructions and/or unit outline, and
- its use is appropriately referenced, meaning that students must reference the use of AI in their assessment in the same way as they reference other source material.
Regular access to the online Learning Platform - Canvas - is a course requirement. It is here that you will find all of the information you require regarding weekly readings, tutorial materials and assessment elaboration. It is vital that you access the unit Canvas page several times a week to ensure you can engage successfully with the weekly content and assessment tasks.
In-unit costs
N/A
Work placement, internships or practicums
None
Additional information
Theoretical Foundations: This unit involves research-led education. It is delivered by active researchers and experienced classroom teachers, who are able to engage students in deep and active learning and transmit to students their passion for the research they are carrying out, as well as their experience as literacy educators.
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