Literacies in Context
EDEE 400 – Assignment 1 Literacy in schools today not only involves teaching students to read and write, but is also heavily focused on giving students the necessary vocabulary and skills to understand different text types according to the key learning areas (KLAs) they are undertaking. While traditional ideas of literacy often ignored the diverse needs of students, contemporary notions of literacy are constantly evolving in response to changes in situational and social or cultural contexts (UNE, 2012a, p.5; Freebody, 2007, p8-‐10). This now means that in order for teachers to be successful educators they must have a comprehensive understanding of the literacy demands across the subjects they teach as well as being able to explicitly introduce students into the discourse of each teaching area (Cornish & Gardner, 2009, p.245-‐246; Derewianka & Jones, 2012, p.3; Freebody, 2007, p.9). This essay attempts to analyse both the explicit and implicit literary demands of students studying the Economics Stage 6 Syllabus (BOS NSW 2009). The essay will firstly look at the Economics Stage 6 Syllabus (BOS NSW 2009) from a functional perspective. Functionalists point to the way that texts have changed, whether it
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