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February 2014
Dear Teacher,
Our pre-service teachers have been introduced to skills for observin and recordin
children!s develop"ent of literacy, and in order to practice these teachin skills each
student teacher is re#uired to undertake a case study of a child $ho is strulin $ith
literacy, preferably one of the children fro" the class in $hich they are undertakin their
final professional e%perience& 'our help $ill be needed in selectin a student for a case
study, and you $ill need to decide $hether you $ish the parents(careivers of the children
to be infor"ed and per"ission souht& The child $ill not be identified by na"e so
confidentiality $ill be preserved& The case study is for their private study and $ill not be
published, althouh it $ill be "arked by the university tutor&
The pre-service teacher has a rane of observations to "ake and data to collect, and
should consult $ith you about the "ethods they are plannin to use& )t is based "ainly on
observation and should not i"pact on class ti"e or class learnin activities& *t +niversity
they $ill be uided in the analysis and $ritin up of their studies and, if you $ish, they can
provide you $ith a copy of their finished study& ,opefully the study "ay uide their $ork
$ith the student durin their final professional teachin e%perience&
)f you have any #uestions about this particular pro-ect and the student teacher is unable
to ans$er the", please do not hesitate to contact "e& Thank you for your $ork $ith our
students&
'ours sincerely,
....................................
/arbara 0ielsen 1hD
2ecturer in 3urriculu" 4tudies5 2iteracy and 6nlish 71ri"ary8

School of Education
Education Building
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide SA 500
Tel:08 8201 3386
Fax:08 82013184
Barbara.Nielsen@finders.edu.au
www.finders.edu.au/people/barbara.nielsen
CRICOS Provider No. 00114A
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February 2014
* letter for the 1arent7s8(3areiver7s8 of
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Dear 1arent7s8(3areiver7s8,
This letter is to introduce the pre-service teacher fro" Flinders +niversity $ho is $orkin
in your child!s school this year& )n their +niversity studies they have been studyin ho$
literacy is developed and ho$ teachers can observe and assess a child!s literacy
develop"ent&
)n order to practise the skills of observation and assess"ent every pre-service teacher is
re#uired to undertake a case study of a literacy learner& 'our child has been selected
after consultation $ith the class teacher, and no$ your per"ission is bein souht for this
study&
9ost of the data is based on observation and so the case study should not i"pact on
class ti"e or class learnin activities& Durin their university studies the pre-service
teacher $ill be uided in the analysis and $ritin up of their studies& The school $ill not
be identified and your child $ill not be identified by na"e in the study, so confidentiality
$ill be preserved& The case study is for the private study of the pre-service teacher and
$ill not be published, althouh it $ill be "arked by the university tutor&
) $ould be very rateful if you $ould allo$ your child to participate in this case study and
so help $ith the preparation of our teachers of the future& )f you have any #uestions about
this particular pro-ect and the pre-service teacher is unable to ans$er the", please do not
hesitate to contact "e& Thank you for your ti"e and consideration&
'ours sincerely,
....................................
/arbara 0ielsen 1hD
2ecturer in 3urriculu" 4tudies5 2iteracy and 6nlish 71ri"ary8
School of Education
Education Building
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide SA 500
Tel:08 8201 3386
Fax:08 82013184
Barbara.Nielsen@finders.edu.au
www.finders.edu.au/people/barbara.nielsen
CRICOS Provider No. 00114A
) ive per"ission for "y child ......................................
to participate in the literacy learner case study&
) have read the acco"panyin letter and ) understand that5
This case study is to help the student teacher understand
literacy develop"ent and literacy assess"ent
That "y child $ill not be identified by na"e in this study
That this study $ill not be published
That ) can $ithdra$ "y child at any ti"e
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