2010 Course Handbook
ECED823: Language and Literacy in Early Childhood
This unit involves field visits, please contact the unit convenor for dates and details.
This unit focuses on the role played by oral language and children's literature in fostering children's emerging understanding of literacy. Literacy development is studied in the context of the literacy practices of diverse families and communities, including Indigenous and bilingual families. Implications for early childhood educators are explored.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: | X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (On Campus session: 24 September) |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Fleur Harris |
| Prerequisites: | ECED817 or admission to MECh or MEdLead(ECE) or PGDipEChild or PGCertEChild or MEd or PGDipEdS |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCWs: | ECED880 |
| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Faculty of Human Sciences Institute of Early Childhood |