ED2631 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phonological Awareness, Australian Curriculum
English 2: Reading and Viewing
Lecture One – Week One
Introduction, defining Literacy, and the Australian Curriculum
• What is important in learning?
o Individual students’
o Children’s literature
o Personal literacy
o Explicit
o Balanced
o Systematic
o Integrated
o Apply your knowledge
• What does literacy mean?
o Why is literacy important?
o How can we define literacy?
o Do literacy needs change over time?
o Where do reading and viewing sit in our definition of literacy?
• Definitions of literacy
o UNESCO – ‘the way literacy is defined influences the goals and strategies and the programs designed by
policy-makers as well as the teaching methodologies, curricula and materials employed by the
practitioners.’
o ‘Literacy is the ability to read and use written information and to write appropriately in a range of
contexts. It is used to develop knowledge and understanding, to achieve personal growth and to function
effectively in our society. ...
o Literacy involves the integration of speaking, listening, and critical thinking with reading and writing.
Effective literacy is intrinsically purposeful, flexible and dynamic, and continues to develop throughout an
individual’s lifetime.
o All Australians need to have effective literacy in English, not only for their own benefit but and welfare but
also for Australia to reach its social and economic goals.’
• Definitions of Reading and Viewing
o Reading is the process of constructing meaning from text, whether written or graphic, paper based or
digital
▪ What is a text?
• Any written or spoken, audio or visual communication involving language. Many texts now
days are combinations of these models
o Viewing
• What needs to take place for comprehension to occur?
o In constructing meaning from texts, readers combine what they know about
o Their personal world knowledge about the topic of the text
o Grammatical structures
o Letters and words
o Visual information
o This may be referred to as the reading process
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Document Summary
Individual students": children"s literature, personal literacy, explicit, balanced, systematic. Literacy is the ability to read and use written information and to write appropriately in a range of contexts. It is used to develop knowledge and understanding, to achieve personal growth and to function effectively in our society: literacy involves the integration of speaking, listening, and critical thinking with reading and writing. In constructing meaning from texts, readers combine what they know about: their personal world knowledge about the topic of the text, grammatical structures. Letters and words: visual information, this may be referred to as the reading process, what are the curriculum documents that guide us, australian curriculum: english, www. australiancurriculum. edu. au, first steps reading http://www. det. wa. edu. au/stepsresources. English in the australian curriculum: the k-10 australian curriculum in english is organised around three interrelated strands: Knowing about the english language: a coherent, dynamic, and evolving body of knowledge about the english language and how it works.