Task Description:
As part of your
observations during the two-week block, you are required to investigate and
critically analyse the ways in which literacy and numeracy initiatives are
implemented in your school and specifically in the classrooms you have been
observing.
Prepare a report of
2000 words that clearly and coherently demonstrates your knowledge and
understanding of recent developments in literacy and numeracy and how that is
carried out in your specific school’s context. You must include a context for
the report and a literacy and numeracy profile of the students in your
placement school that draws on systemic assessment data for the school, class
and focus students (school analysis e.g., PATM, PATR, NAPLAN). Your report
should also evaluate a specific literacy or numeracy teaching program at your
placement school. You should evaluate the learning program and its purported
relationship with student learning. Your report should conclude with
recommendations to adapt/modify/change the program for the purpose of improving
student learning. Your report will be supported by evidence from your
observation days with examples or case studies drawn from the classrooms you
have been observing. You will also support your writing with references to
academic literature.
Your report should
also demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the following focus areas:
o Strategies for
differentiating teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across
the full range of abilities (specifically in literacy and numeracy)
o Literacy and
numeracy teaching strategies and their application in teaching areas
o Assessment
strategies, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative
approaches to assess student learning (specifically in literacy and numeracy).