Teaching Visual Literacy using multimodal texts F-6
Jennifer Asha
5 Hours
Open all year
Online unmoderated course
This exciting course dives into the nuances and opportunities of teaching visual literacy in the primary classroom, a major component of the Australian, Victorian and NSW curricula. Combining theory with numerous practical examples that examine a range of imaginative, informative and persuasive quality Australian children's texts.
- Module 1 - Viewing and visual literacy
- Module 2 - Visual metalanguage
- Module 3 - Teaching and assessing viewing: a pedagogical framework
- Module 4 - Lessons by year group
- Module 5 - Planning for viewing lessons
Why participate?
- Understand the potential of the visual medium for enhancing children's literacy.
- Explore practical ideas for teaching visual literacy through multimodal texts, with strategies you can implement immediately.
Who should participate?
- School Leaders
- Literacy Coordinators
- Teacher Librarians
- Stage leaders
- Classroom teachers F - 6
What else do I need to know?
This course is designed as a companion professional development resource for the PETAA text, The potential of the visual: Teaching literacy with multimodal texts. This text is recommended reading for this course.
How does it work?
- Individuals: Upon registration individuals will be sent a link to access the PL on our online learning platform.
- Whole schools: One staff member must register on behalf of their school. They can choose to have a single link to view this together or can email us the names and email addresses of teachers they wish to enrol.
Completing this workshop will contribute 5 hours (NSW - Elective PL) of online Professional Learning addressing 1.1.2, 1.2.2, 1.5.2, 2.1.2, 2.2.2. 2.5.2, 3.2.2, 3.3.2, 3.5.2 and 4.1.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
Core text -
|
|
|
|
|
![](/images/products/front%20cover.jpg) |
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase text here |
|
|
|
|
|
Recommended texts -
|
|
|
|
|
|
![](https://petaa.edu.au/images/petaa/products/PET132EPAA.png) |
|
![](https://petaa.edu.au/images/TSOTTC%20Cover.jpg) |
|
![](/images/2023/COVER_PETAA_2022_Book_1_129.jpg) |
|
Purchase text here |
|
Purchase text here |
|
Purchase text here |
|