EDST2003 Introduction To The Course

EDST 2003 Learning and Teaching:
Language, Literacy and Numeracy
Introduction
In this video
• A brief overview of the course: Language, literacy and
numeracy
• Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education
(LANTITE)
• Closely related to EDST 2002 Professional
Engagement
• Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment (Practice
1, Planning and Practice 2: Teaching)
Contact details
• Course Coordinator: Andy Gao
• Office Location: G22 Morven Brown
• Email: [email protected]
• Availability: 2-4 pm Thursdays/by appointment
• Tutor: Jasper Hsieh

• Availability: By appointment
• Tutor: Ha Ngo
•
• Tutor: Tanya Kwee
Course overview
• This course will engage in substantive exploration of key
concepts, issues, and debates in language, literacy, and
numeracy education, with particular reference to the
language, literacy, and numeracy demands of the
secondary curriculum and pedagogy. It draws on current
research to identify likely areas of difficulty in language,
literacy, and numeracy learning and discusses effective
teaching strategies for learners, including English as an
additional language/dialect learners.
How the course works
Lectures weeks 1-10, 10 weeks (total 20 hours, note flexible week with
optional online learning activities)
Tutorials weeks 1-10, 10 weeks (total 10 hours, note flexible week with
optional online learning activities)
Additional 6 + hours online learning for LANTITE test preparation and
others
80% attendance required (i.e. tutorial attendance will be taken and counted)
20% absences include excuses absences (medical certs, etc.)
Readings: Try to read the textbook chapters plus at least one article every
week (if applicable). Journal articles are very useful in extending your
understanding. You can use them when writing the assignments. It is very
important for you to read the readings so that you can fully participate in the
learning activities.
Practicalities
• Moodle
• Live Lectures (recorded) – compulsory – will also involve
other activities
• Attendance: taken for tutorials
• Assignments
• #Assignment 1 – reflection (17 March, 2022)
• #Assignment 2 – lesson plan activity (28 April, 2022)
#Turnitin – submit by 5 pm on Turnitin through Moodle ONLY

Assignment 1: Reflection (40%)
• Consider your language, literacy, and numeracy experiences as a
student. Use the following questions to guide your reflection:
• 1. To what extent were your language, literacy, and numeracy experiences
different from those of your peers? To what extent are they similar?
• 2. To what extent were your language, literacy, and numeracy experiences
different from what your teachers expected? To what extent were they
similar?
• 3. What did you do in response to any language, literacy, and numeracy
issues that came up?
• 4. Would you behave similarly or differently with your students than your
teachers did with you? Why?
• 5. In what ways could your own language, literacy, and numeracy
experiences impact your teaching and students’ learning?
• Draw on at least four readings cited in the course’s reading list
Assignment 1: Reflection (40%)
• Word count is 1,500 words, not including reference list (+-
10%, 1,400-1,700).
• You may choose three questions to guide your reflection.
• Choose the first question from the first two questions
(Questions 1 and 2) (say 400 words) and the second
question from Questions 3 and 4 (say 500 words). Question
5 must be included (say 600 words).
Assignment 2: Lesson Plan Activities (60%)
• Plan one literacy-related and one numeracy-related

activity preferably in one of your two method areas. Each
activity is limited to two A4 pages in Times New Roman
12pt font. You may submit a maximum of two pages of
supporting materials such as worksheets or handouts.
This part counts as 1,000 words equivalent.
• Write an analytic paper in which you identify and describe
strengths of your planned activities in relation to different
lecture topics from the course. Draw on at least eight
readings cited in the course. The analytic paper should be
2,000 words (+/-10%) not including reference list.
Challenges
• ChatGPT?
• https://openai.com/
• An amazing app
• https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/everyones-
having-field-day-chatgpt-%E2%80%93-nobody-knows-how-it-
actually-works
• Watch out for university policies

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11688905/UNSW-stu
dent-fails-exam-using-OpenAIs-ChatGPT-write-essay.html
• ChatGPT generated writings cover all the different
perspectives but do not project highly contextualized,
personalized views
Before the tutorial, make yourself known
• Please drop a note in the online forum
about yourself:
a) How many languages you speak
b) What subject areas you would like to teach
c) What you have observed about
(literacy/numeracy) teaching/learning in
Australian classrooms so far

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EDST 2003 Learning and Teaching:

Language, Literacy and Numeracy

• Tutor: Jasper Hsieh

#Turnitin – submit by 5 pm on Turnitin through Moodle ONLY

• Plan one literacy-related and one numeracy-related

• Watch out for university policies

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