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    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?
    EDUCATION 465-4
    CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
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    (E1.00)
    Fall Semester, 1994
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    Instructor: Meguido Zola
    (September 6-December 5)
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    Office: ?
    MPX 8630
    Mondays, 16:30 - 20:20 p.m.
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    Phone: ?
    291-3259 (messages)
    Location: MPX 8620B
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    224-1550 (home)
    PREREQUISITE
    -60 credit hours.
    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 for children 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, completion of assignments.
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    EDUC 465-4 (E1.00)-cont'd.
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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.
    Chambers,
    A. The Reading Environment.
    Thimble Press, U. K.
    Sinclaire, Carollyne. Looking for Home: A Phenomenological Study.
    SUNY
    State University:
    New York.
    Trelease, J.
    The Read-Aloud Handbook.
    Penguin, 1979, Rev.
    RECOMMENDED TEXT:
    Yolen, Jane.
    Touch Magic: Fantasy, Fairies
    &
    Folklore.
    Philomel, Putnam, publishers.

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