1997 QUT Handbook

Courses: ED37 Prerequisites: LAP405
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ LAP407 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
CURRICULUM STUDIES 1
Introduction to the design and development of curriculum,
materials and resources to meet the general and specific needs
of learners who are non-native English speakers and who require
higher English language proficiency levels for study
purposes.
Courses: ED37
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ LAP408 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
CURRICULUM STUDIES 2
Continuation of LAP407 showing students how curriculum,
materials and resources are implemented through appropriate
approaches, methodologies and techniques for individuals,
groups or whole classes of learners who are non-native speakers
of English.
Courses: ED37 Prerequisites: LAP407
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ LAP409 PRIMARY LOTE CURRICULUM
STUDIES 1
Current theory and practice in LOTE teaching/learning in the
primary school with particular emphasis on the intellectual,
physical, emotional and social needs of young learners and
the need for teaching approaches drawn from general educational
theory together with an understanding of second language
acquisition.
Courses: ED37
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ LAP410 PRIMARY LOTE CURRICULUM
STUDIES 2
Continuation of LAP409. Content, processes and materials
appropriate to the planning and implementation of LOTE programs
in the primary school which integrate culture and language,
articulate with the rest of the primary curriculum, and
in which learners become more interested in, and aware of,
languages and cultures other than their own.
Courses: ED37
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ LAP440 LANGUAGE & LITERACY 1
The role of language in society; how language changes according
to the purpose for which it is used as well as the social
and cultural contexts; the functions and structure of a range
of genres; the contribution of the home to children’s language
development.
Courses: ED36
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ LAP441 LANGUAGE & LITERACY 2
Development of a range of strategies/activities which promote
language learning in a classroom; techniques/instruments for
observing and monitoring language growth. Preparation and
development of a unit of language experiences for a class.
Courses: ED36 Prerequisites: LAP440
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ LAP501 FOUNDATIONS OF TEACHER-
LIBRARIANSHIP
Philosophy and theories of teacher-librarianship and interpersonal
communication necessary to be responsive to the needs
of school communities and emerging educational trends.
Courses: ED25
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ LAP502 CURRICULUM & RELATED
RESOURCES
Current curricula P-12: content and processes; evaluative criteria
for the selection of materials across the curriculum; basic
reference and information sources; collection development.
Courses: ED25
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ LAP503 LITERATURE & LITERACY:
RESOURCES & STRATEGIES
Resources and strategies for teacher-librarians to enable them
to work with teachers in language across the curriculum; developmental
approach to reading and the selection of materials;
genre studies; reader response theories; promotion strategies.
Courses: ED25
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ LAP504 SCHOOL LIBRARY RESOURCES:
ORGANISATION & ACCESS
School library administration and organisation systems, including
computer applications; bibliographic organisation and
implications for self-directed learning; organisation and maintenance
of, and access to, resources including equipment; field
program, including school experience (three weeks).
Courses: ED25
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ LAP505 COMMUNICATION & MANAGEMENT
IN SCHOOL LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTRES
Studies in management of school library resource centres;
goal setting; time management, communication models; interpersonal
and organisational communication patterns; problem
solving and conflict management; innovation, intervention
and change; advocacy and promotion; writing for a purpose.
Courses: ED25 Prerequisites: LAP501
Credit Points: 12
■ LAP506 INFORMATION SERVICES FOR
SCHOOLS
Implications of the information age; advanced reference skills;
computer-based information services with in-depth study of
two, selected by the student.
Courses: ED25 Prerequisites: LAP502
Credit Points: 12
■ LAP507 AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE
History of Australian children’s books to 1959; development
and critical assessment of Australian children’s literature since
1960 in book and film.
Courses: ED25 Credit Points: 12
■ LAP509 DIRECTED STUDY
An individually designed unit which allows students, under
the staff supervision, to increase their knowledge relevant to
teacher-librarianship.
Courses: ED25 Credit Points: 12
■ LAP512 LITERATURE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Historical development of imaginative literature; evolution of
books for young people in present social and cultural contexts;
writers and illustrators from European, Commonwealth
and American countries; teaching strategies for eliciting reader
responses.
Courses: ED25 Credit Points: 12
■ LAP513 MEDIA LITERACY & THE SCHOOL
Mass media communication processes and their implications for
teaching and learning; semiotics; influences of media on people;
advertising and mass media research techniques; media ownership
issues; future trends in mass media technologies.
Courses: ED25, ED51, ED52
Credit Points: 12
■ LAP515 RESOURCE SERVICES FOR SPECIAL
NEEDS
Resource services designed for students with special needs
relating to physical or intellectual impairments, socio-economic
or cultural circumstances; the theory and practice of
mainstreaming; the inclusive School Resource Centre.
Courses: ED25 Prerequisites: LAP502
Credit Points: 12
■ LAP516 SPECIAL SEMINAR
Study of a specific aspect of teacher-librarianship, the unit to
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