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    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
    EDUCATION 4654
    CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
    Spring Semester, 1991
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    Instructor: ?
    Prof. Meguido Zola
    Tuesdays ?
    Office: ?
    MPX8630
    4:30 - 8:20 P. M.
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    Phone: ?
    291-3395 messages
    Location: MPX 8620
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    669-6701 home
    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:
    * Reading -
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    read, study, and annotate a broaftnge 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,
    an 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
    Barton, Bob. Tell Me Another. Pembroke, 1987. (ISBN 0-921217-02-1)
    Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales.
    Vintage, 1970. (ISBN 0-394-72265-6)
    Booth, David, Larry Swartz and Meguido Zola. Choosing Children's Books. Pembroke House,
    1987. (ISBN 0-921217-12-9)
    Butler, Dorothy. Babies Need Books: How to Share the Joy of Reading With Your Child.
    Pelican Books, Penguin, 1980. 2nd ed., 1988. (ISBN 014-010094-6)
    Butler, Dorothy. Cushla and Her Books. Penguin, 1987. (ISBN 014-009261-7)
    Trelease, J. The Read-Aloud Handbook. Penguin, 1979, rev. 1985. (ISBN 014-046727-0)
    Yolen, Jane. Touch Magic: Fantas
    y
    . Faërie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood.
    Philomel, 1981. (ISBN 0-399-20830-5)
    RECOMMENDED TEXTS
    Norton, Donna E. Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature.
    Charles E. Merrill, 1987, 2nd edition. (ISBN-0-675-09832-7)
    or
    Glazer, Joan I. et al. Introduction to Children's Literature. McGraw-Hill, 1979. (ISBN 0-07-
    023380-2).
    Charlotte S. Huck, et al. Children's Literature in the Elementary School, (Fourth Edition,
    1987) Holt Rinehart & Winston: New York.
    Zena Sutherland, Dianne L. Monson, May Hill Arbuthnot, Children and Books, (Seventh
    Edition, 1986) Scott Foresman: Glenview Illinois.
    Donelson, Kenneth L. & Nilsen, Alleen Pace. Literature for Today's Young Adults. Scott
    Foresman, 1980. (ISBN 0-673-15165-4)

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