Teaching EAL/D students in secondary schools - EDST2022
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Education
Course Outline: School of Education
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 24 units of credit at Level 1
CSS Contribution Charge: 1* (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Subject Area: Education
This course introduces prospective teachers to key issues in the learning and teaching of students from language backgrounds other than English and indigenous students for whom English is an additional language or dialect within and across the full range of contexts and disciplines in the secondary school. The course looks at how the needs of EAL/D students are shaped and constrained by cognitive, interactional and societal factors, and explores a variety of pedagogical approaches to support and extend their linguistic, conceptual, cultural and learning how to learn knowledge and skills within an inclusive learning environment.
This course introduces prospective teachers to key issues in the learning and teaching of students from language backgrounds other than English and indigenous students for whom English is an additional language or dialect within and across the full range of contexts and disciplines in the secondary school. The course looks at how the needs of EAL/D students are shaped and constrained by cognitive, interactional and societal factors, and explores a variety of pedagogical approaches to support and extend their linguistic, conceptual, cultural and learning how to learn knowledge and skills within an inclusive learning environment.
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