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EDUCATION
465-4:
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Fall Semester, 1987
Instructor:
Prof. Meguido Zola
September
8 -
December 4
Office:
MPX 8630
Wedensdays, 4:30 - 8:20
Phone:
291-3259
Location:
MPX 8620
PREREQUISITE
60 hours of credit.
OBJECTIVES
The course will introduce you to: a survey of the scope and selected aspects of
literature of children; the use of literature with children.
OUTLINE OF TOPICS
The study of the scope and selected aspects of literature will exemplify a variety of
approaches, viz:
- the historical and cross-cultural approach (e.g. the examination of children's
comics, magazines and annuals throughout the English-speaking world during the
last century)
- the genre approach (e.g. the examination of oral tradition, myth, legend, fable,
folk and fairy tales, etc.)
- the theme and issue approaches (e.g. the exploration of such themes as the
family, friendship, school, etc., and of such issues as old age, death, war, etc.)
The use of literature with children will focus on ways of planning for learning
environments, and developing strategies, techniques and materials in the use of
children's literature in the school curriculum.
TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS
The course will comprise of a broad range of experiences (lectures, seminars,
discussion groups, etc.) organized in such a way as to model a student-centered
approach and to maximize individualization of learning. The general requirements are
as follows:
- Attendance and participation in all parts of the program.
- Completion of readings, completion of journal cum resource book, completion of
assignments.
- Demonstration of competency in the fulfillment of a selection of assignments.
- The purpose of the assignments, of which only a selection is required, is to
initiate you into some of the roles, processes, and activities that a teacher of
literature engages in, namely:
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* Reading - you will read, study, and annotate a broad range of children's
literature according to criteria determined by your personal and professional
needs and interests.
* Communicating - you will engage in a variety of experiences in
communicating literature with your peers or with children (e.g. storytelling,
reading aloud, reader's theatre, improvisation, etc.) with or without
accompanying media and visual aids as appropriate.
* Creating - you will create an original work (e.g. a picture book, a concept
book, and ABC, a collection of verse, a short story, a play, a factual book,
etc.) with or without accompanying illustrations.
* Evaluating - you will prepare a professional review for publication in a
professional journal (e.g. Canadian Materials, In Review Canadian Children's
Literature, Quill and Quire, etc.)
* Teaching - you will plan and prepare a teaching unit focusing on a genre, a
theme, an issue, an author or a book.
REQUIRED TEXT
Trelease, J. The Read-Aloud Handbook. Penguin.
