The Graduate Certificate in Specialist Teaching (Literacy) focuses on the critical skills needed to teach literacy in the digital era from the perspective of educational and language sciences. 21st-century learners need to not only decode and comprehend but to also develop sophisticated processes such as critical analysis, reflection, and evaluation.
This
can be completed online/blended and is delivered part-time over 1 year.
You will learn about literacy as a social process, language as a functional tool, and how to apply this knowledge in the classroom. From a broad exploration of genre to the intricacies of grammar, phonology and phonetics, you will learn the pedagogies that support deep learning of literacy.