Course Title: Engage with a range of highly complex texts for personal purposes
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C3308 Certificate III in General Education for Adults
Course Title: Engage with a range of highly complex texts for personal purposes
Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office
Nominal Hours: 30
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
GEDU5984 |
City Campus |
TAFE |
360T Education |
Face-to-Face |
Term2 2017 |
Course Contact: Baia Tsakouridou
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4488
Course Contact Email: baia.tsakouridou@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This unit is delivered as part of an integrated program. The focusof this unit are the skills and knowledge needed to engage with highly complex texts for personal purposes The focus is on interpreting and critically analysing highly complex paper based and digital texts for personal purposes. These include intricate, dense and extended texts across a broad range of contexts including specialised contexts.It is delivered in conjunction with VU21380 Create a range of highly complex texts for personal purposes GEDU5986.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None.
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
VU21376 Engage with a range of highly complex texts for personal purposes |
Elements: |
1 Access and select a range of highly complex intricate print based and digital texts for personal purposes 2 Review selected print based and digital texts for personal purposes 3 Critically interpret a range of highly complex print based and digital texts for personal purposes |
Learning Outcomes
The focus of this unit is on interpreting and critically analysing highly complex paper based and digital texts for personal purposes. These include intricate, dense and extended texts across a broad range of contexts including specialised contexts. This includes paper based and digitalised texts.
The required outcomes described in this unit relate directly to the Australian Course Skills Framework (ACSF)
They contribute directly to the achievement of ACSF indicators of competence at Level Five (Reading).
http://www.acer.edu.au/cspa/australian-core-skills-framework
http://www.aqf.edu.au/aqf/in-detail/aqf-levels/
Overview of Assessment
Overview of Assessment
This course is delivered as part of an integrated program.
You must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of the competencies in order to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks. Assessment is ongoing and its purpose is to develop your skills. It is important that you read the specific elements each assessment task addressed on the cover sheet for each task. At the time of setting assessments you will be given clear guideline about which course, elements and performance criteria you will need to meet in order to successfully complete the task. Submission dates & deadlines will also be clearly explained.
Feedback:
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or online discussions, through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program manager or the Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
The Student Charter www.rmit.edu.au/about/our-education/supporting-learning-and-teaching/student-charter/ summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT University student as well as the responsibilities of the university.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies and procedures which can be found on the RMIT University website at: http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=qwxbqbg739rl1