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    *DUCATION 465-4 CHILDREN'S LIT•TURE
    FALL, 1984
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    INSTRUCTOR: Prof.
    Meguido Zola
    CORRESPONDENCE
    OBJECTIVES:
    The course will introduce you to: a survey of the scope and selected aspects
    of literature for 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
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    viz.:
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    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, friends
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    ip, 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,
    creating 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:
    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
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    accompanying media and visual aids as appropriate.
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    Creating - You will creitc an original work (c.q.
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    picture hook, 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 Clii Idren's Li terature, 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.
    ELIGIBILITY: Pre-requisite: ?
    60
    semester hours of creditor permission of instructor.
    REQUIRED TEXT:
    Trelease, Jim.
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    The Read-Aloud Handbook. ?
    Penguin,
    1982. ?
    (ISBN
    01-046-534-0)
    Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The. Meaning and mportance of
    Fairy Tales, Vintage,
    1
    977
    (ISBN
    0-39-72265-5)
    RECOMMENDED TEXTS:
    Norton, Donna E.
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    Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's
    Literature. ?
    Charles E. Merrill,
    1983.
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    (ISBN
    0-675-09832-7
    OR
    Glazer, Joan I. et. al. ?
    Introduction to Children's Literature.
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    McGraw Hill,
    1979.
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    (ISBN
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    7-
    02
    33 80 - 2 ) ?
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    Donelson, Kenneth L. & Nilsen, Aileen Pace.
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    Literature for Today's Young Adults.
    Scott Foresman,
    1980. ?
    (ISBN
    0-673-15165-I)
    NOTE Committee on Literature in the Language Arts: Lamme, Linda Leonard et. al
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    Raising Readers:
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    A Guide to Sharing Literature with Children. Walker,
    1980
    (ISBN
    0-8027-O654-l)
    OR
    Butler, Dorothy, Babies Need Books: How To Share The Joy of Reading with Your Child,
    Penguin,
    1982. ?
    (ISBN
    01-0224-3)

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