The Literacy Skills of Secondary Teaching Undergraduates: Results of Diagnostic Testing and a Discussion of Findings

Autor/in	Moon, Brian
Titel	The Literacy Skills of Secondary Teaching Undergraduates: Results of Diagnostic Testing and a Discussion of Findings
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 39 (2014) 12, Artikel 8 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Teachers; Undergraduate Students; Reading Skills; Writing Skills; Preschool Teachers; Competence; Teacher Competencies; Spelling; Vocabulary; Foreign Countries; Error Patterns; Literacy; Teaching Skills; Standard Spoken Usage; Grammar; Punctuation; Sentences; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kompetenz; Lehrkunst; Schreibweise; Wortschatz; Ausland; Fehlertyp; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Lehrbefähigung; Lehrkompetenz; Unterrichtsbefähigung; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Grammatik; Interpunktion; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Australien
Abstract	The capacity of secondary school teachers to support general literacy and to teach discipline-specific literacy skills depends upon their personal literacy competence. Diagnostic testing of 203 secondary teaching undergraduates at one Australian university revealed deficiencies in personal literacy competence that could affect their future teaching effectiveness. The sample of undergraduates was tested in spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation. Analysis of the results showed high rates of error on general spelling and vocabulary tasks. The degree of error in many cases was severe. For some undergraduates, the prospect of successful remediation so late in their academic career appeared poor. It is suggested that universities need to monitor admission standards and continue to invest in ongoing remediation. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10