Unit of Study EDUC2021 Storylines: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

96 Credit Points

Unit description

Emphasises the role of stories and narratives in meaningful and authentic teaching and learning. Students learn and integrate skills of reading, writing, listening, speaking and viewing through the medium of stories. The unit explores the use of personal and cultural stories for inclusive and differentiated pedagogies. It also provides students with opportunities to develop contemporary speaking skills and use of rhetoric for engaging and effective teaching.

Unit content

Module 1. The Art and Science of Stories

Module 2. The Teacher as Storyteller

Module 3. Stories for Listening and Viewing

Module 4. Stories for Speaking

Module 5. Stories for Reading

Module 6. Stories for Writing

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Term3	Term3
Gold Coast	Term3	Term3
Lismore	Term3	Term3
Online	Term3,5	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

understand and explain the role of stories in traditional and contemporary teaching and learning

identify and apply developmentally and culturally inclusive strategies for teaching listening and viewing, reading, writing and speaking through story

understand and apply knowledge of pedagogies for teaching using children’s literature and other texts to develop children’s reading skills and knowledge.

identify and apply rhetorical strategies for teaching through story

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	50%
Portfolio	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	50%
Portfolio	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	50%
Portfolio	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	50%
Portfolio	50%

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Texts

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Domestic

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