SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION 465-4

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

(E1.00) ?

(Cat. #64477)

Fall Semester, 1993

Instructor: Meguido Zola

(September 7- December 6)

Office: ?

MPX 8630

Thursday, 16:30 - 20:20 p.m.

Phone:

291-3395 (messages)

Location: MPX 8620

739-1939 (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.

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- 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 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.

* 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.

Trelease, J

The Read-Aloud Handbook. Penguin, 1979, Rev.

Yolen, Jane. Touch Magic: Fantas

Fairies & Folklore.

Chambers, A. The Reading Environment. Thimble Press, U. K.