Integrating Literacy into HASS teachings.

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Literacy is imperative to life in the 21st century. It encompasses all aspects of life and allows citizens to participate productively within their communities, and afield globally. According to The Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority (ACARA, 2016) “Students become literate as they develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions to interpret and use language confidently for learning and communicating in and out of school and for participating effectively in society.” The Melbourne Declaration (MCEETYA, 2008) reinforces the importance of literally among young Australians stating “ Literacy is an essential skill for students in becoming successful learners and as a foundation for success in all learning areas.  For example, in the subject area of history literacy is evident when students use historical sources, to apply historical thinking concepts, develop texts and communicate their understanding. Furthermore, students in an early childhood setting practice emerging literacy skills as students listen to and write stories and other narratives examine timelines, photographs and other images to examine, interpret and communicate data, information, ideas, points of view, perspectives and conclusions. (ACARA, 2014)


In other HASS learning areas such as geography, students develop literacy capabilities as they learn how to build geographical knowledge and understanding and how to explore, discuss, analyse and communicate geographical information, concepts and ideas. In Geography, students develop literacy capability as they learn how to build geographical knowledge and understanding and how to explore, discuss, analyze, and communicate geographical information, concepts and ideas. Students learn to use language features and text structures to comprehend and compose cohesive texts about the past, present and future, including discipline-specific vocabulary, appropriate tense verbs for recounting events and processes, complex sentences to establish sequential, cause-and-effect and comparative relationships; features and structures of persuasive texts, wide use of adverbs and describe places, people, processes, systems and perspectives; and extended noun groupings using descriptive adjectives. (ACARA, 2014)

In civics and citizenship education, children in an early childhood setting develop literacy capabilities as they share, listen, consider articulate and participate in evaluating ideas, points of views, preferred futures and participating in group discussions. (ACARA, 2014)

Parents, YOU can support your children’s literacy development too!


Whilst teachers and education practices play an important role in facilitating literacy development among students, parents also play a crucial role in fostering their children’s literacy development. Parent’s can support their children’s literacy development through reading daily to their children! Reading to your children allows them to develop a love of literacy long before they enter school, or even learn to read! Regularly reading to your children assists your child in becoming familiar with sounds, (phonemes) words language development, vocabulary and interpreting words! So parents, PLEASE read to your children!



References:
The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA, 2016) Literacy. Retrieve from: https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/general-capabilities/literacy/

The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority, (2014) Literacy in the Learning Areas. Retrieved, from https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/general-capabilities/literacy/

The Australian Curriculum, (2014) Literacy learning progression and History. Retrieved from: https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/media/3655/literacy-history.pdf

The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority, (2014) Purpose of the literacy and numeracy progressions. Retrieved 2nd from https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/media/3654/literacy-geography.pdf

Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training & Youth Affairs (MCEERYA, 2008) Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians. Retrieved from: http://www.curriculum.edu.au/verve/_resources/National_Declaration_on_the_Educational_Goals_for_Young_Australians.pdf
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  1. Jamie TuckettApril 15, 2019 at 4:17 AM

    Hi Lorraine,
    You have integrated the general capabilities, in particular, Literacy into your HASS learning experience as intended. You have demonstrated a strong understanding of the importance of literacy into HASS and why we should see reading in our HASS learning areas. I particularly like how you have included parents into the learning experience, allowing them to feel a sense of belonging in the learning experience and control.

    You have structured your blog well, and I really like the 'moving' picture I am greeted with when I open your blog. It is a well-written blog, and I have thoroughly enjoyed working with you.

    Jamie

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