Children’s literature is an essential part of literacy education.
This unit will introduce pre-service teachers to an extensive range of children’s literature which includes contemporary melded genres, multimodal texts, picture books, post-modern texts and poetry to build foundational knowledge for the teaching of literacy. Pre-service teachers will understand the importance of analysing texts using historical, sociocultural and post-structural perspectives. The unit is designed to develop and deepen pre-service teachers’ knowledge of children’s literature and how it is used to develop and enhance oral language development, literacy competency and enjoyment. Contexts and strategies for responding to, thinking about and critiquing children’s literature within a basis of literary, semiotic and language theories will be considered. The unit will also consider Indigenous literature, enabling pre-service teachers to acknowledge Indigenous Australians’ deep spiritual relationship with the land, and value and respect Indigenous cultures.
The aim of this unit is to offer opportunities for pre-service teachers to read and critique a wide range of children’s literature, consider what constitutes constructs quality children’s literature, and to participate in discussions with deep understanding, within a framework that engages the social and ethical dimensions of study and research.
This unit will introduce pre-service teachers to an extensive range of children’s literature which includes contemporary melded genres, multimodal texts, picture books, post-modern texts and poetry to build foundational knowledge for the teaching of literacy. Pre-service teachers will understand the importance of analysing texts using historical, sociocultural and post-structural perspectives. The unit is designed to develop and deepen pre-service teachers’ knowledge of children’s literature and how it is used to develop and enhance oral language development, literacy competency and enjoyment. Contexts and strategies for responding to, thinking about and critiquing children’s literature within a basis of literary, semiotic and language theories will be considered. The unit will also consider Indigenous literature, enabling pre-service teachers to acknowledge Indigenous Australians’ deep spiritual relationship with the land, and value and respect Indigenous cultures.
The aim of this unit is to offer opportunities for pre-service teachers to read and critique a wide range of children’s literature, consider what constitutes constructs quality children’s literature, and to participate in discussions with deep understanding, within a framework that engages the social and ethical dimensions of study and research.