ALTC Grant

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ALTC Grant

• Maximising Quality Learning and Teaching for
  First Year Education Student Studying Linguistics

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The Team

• Project Leader
• Dianne Cullen - School of Education - Melbourne
  Campus.
• Other Staff involved in the Project
• Diane White School of Education, Melbourne
  Campus.
• Elizabeth Powell Academic Skills Advisor,
  Melbourne Campus
• Nancy Reid Academic Skills Advisor, Melbourne
  Campus
• Patricia Hacker Academic Skills Manager,
  Melbourne Campus

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The problem!

• All first year education students enrolled in
  EDLA 107 have the same text book.
• Few of them can understand it.
• The linguistic terminology in the text is
  difficult.
• The concepts in the text are difficult for the
  students.

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The reality!

• Lecturers and tutors in this unit need to unpack
  the terminology and concepts for the students.
• Lecturers and tutors need to appreciate that
  nearly all students taking the unit are
  generation Y.
• Lecturers and tutors need to accept that
  generation Y responds better to visuals than
  written academic texts.
• Lecturers and tutors need to present the
  terminology and concepts of the text in a visual
  format.

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The solution!

• Make eight movie clips to complement the
  chapters of the text with which students have
  difficulties.

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The result!

• Video Clip One
• Elaborated and restricted codes
• Video Clip Two
• Pragmatics
• Video Clip Three
• Critical literacy

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Reflections

• The logistics of working within a group.
• Gaining an ethics clearance.
• The timetable.
• Working with schools.
• Limitations of software.
• The budget!
• Too far reaching
• Time is the enemy!