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    EDUCATION 465-4
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    CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
    Regular Summer Semester, 1991 ?
    Instructor
    (May 6 - August 2) ?
    Office:
    Mondays, 8:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
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    Phone:
    Location: MPX 7500B
    Susan Montabello
    MPX 8634
    291-4432 (work)
    420-2745 (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. examine a range of literature for
    children that flourished prior to modern times).
    - 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 reflective response journal, completion of
    assignments.
    - Demonstration of competency in the fulfillment of a selection of assignments.
    - The purpose of the assignments 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 and with children (e.g. storytelling, reading aloud,
    reader's theatre, improvisation, etc.).
    • 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.
    • Teaching - you will plan and prepare a series of learning experiences designed
    to bring children and books together.
    REQUIRED TEXT
    Betteiheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Im
    p ortance of Fair y 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. Cushla and Her Books. Penguin, 1987. (ISBN 014-009261-7)
    Meek, Margaret, Warlow, Aidan, & Barton, Griselda. The Cool Web: The Pattern of
    Children's Reading. The Bodley Head, 1977. (ISBN 0-370-30144-7)
    Rosen, Betty. And None of It Was Nonsense: The Power of Story Telling in School.
    Scholastic, 1988. (ISBN 0-590-71956-4)
    Trelease, J. The Read-Aloud Handbook. Penguin, 1979, rev. 1985. (ISBN 014-046727-0)
    Yolen, Jane. Touch Magic: Fantas
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    . Faërie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood.
    Philomel, 1981. (ISBN 0-399-20830-5)
    RECOMMENDED TEXTS
    Norton, Donna E. Through the Eves of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature.
    Charles E. Merrill, 1987, 2nd edition. (ISBN-0-675-09832-7)
    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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