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Semester 96-3 Session: Regular
EDUC 465 -4 Children's Literature
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Instructor: M.Zola
Office: 8630mpc
Tel: 291-3259
Fax: 291-3203
Section: E1.00
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Scheduled Final Exam: No
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E-mail: Meguido_Zola@sfu.ca
PREREQUISITE
60 credit hours
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Children's literature? Children's literature? Children's literature? Is there, in fact, something that can be legitimately
called children's literature? If there is, is it different from other forms of literature and, if so, why and in what ways?
And does it have its own standards and yardstick of excellence?
Why bring literature and children together, anyway? And which books should we bring to which children. And when?
-- is there, for instance, a way of fitting book to child (or child to book) like the glass slipper to Cinderella. And to what
ends? And in what different ways?
These and related questions are surely at the very centre of the educational enterprise, both at home and at school, from
the earliest years of infancy to the last stages of adolescence. And the answers to these questions speak to our most basic
notions of what it is to be human, what it is to be educated. Or, as Jean-Jacques Rousseau put it in his Confessions: "I do
not know how I learned to read. I only remember my first books and their effect on me; it is from my earliest reading that I
date the unbroken consciousness of my own existence."
OBJECTIVES
• Get in touch with and reflect on your own stories and story experiences through childhood and adolescence.
• Ponder wether there is, in fact, something that can legitimately be called 'children's literature'.
• Learn to survey children's literature through a study of genre; and examine some major genres - e.g., folk & fairy tale,
the picture book, verse & poetry, the novel, etc.
• Learn to look at children's books according to their fit to children's stages and sequences of development.
• Learn to examine children's books through their themes and issues.
• Critically examine why and how children and books should be brought together.
• Learn about story and storytelling.
• Learn about reading and reading aloud.
REQUIREMENTS
The course will comprise a range and variety of learning experiences. These include: individual study, research, and
field-work with children; focussed practice of instructional strategies and procedures, with peer review and feedback;
small group and whole-class discussion, projects, and presentations; lectures, workshops, and demonstrations.
Course Requirements comprise the following:
• Regular class attendance and participation
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* Completion of assignments
• Completion of Readings ?
* Demonstration of competency in the fulfillment of selected
assignments.
READINGS
A list of supplementary readings will be made available at the first class.
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REQ R EC
0140468811 ?
Trelease, Jim
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Penguin
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The New Read-Aloud Handbook
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0903355361 ?
Chambers, Aidan ?
Thimble Press
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The Reading Environment
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Stone, Elizabeth ?
Penguin
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Black Sheep and Kissing Cousins
Centre for Distance Educati•
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Faculty of Education?
Simon Fraser University
WMC 1300 291-3524
EDUCATION 465-4
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
The two main purposes of this course are:
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To introduce you to a small representative sample of the range of literature
available to children today and to give you an opportunity to explore and
understand children's literature in greater depth, e.g. children's traditional
literature, folk and fairy tale.
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To introduce you to ways of bringing children and books together through
such strategies as: reading aloud, and other simple forms of presenting
literature; storytelling and dramatic presentation; setting up and running
independent reading programs.
PREREQUISITE: 60 credit hours.
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Barton, Bob.
Tell Me Another.
Pembroke, 1986.
Betteiheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of
Fairy Tales.
Vintage, 1989.
Butler, Dorothy.
Cushla and Her Books.
The Horn Book, 1980.
Chambers, A.
The Reading Environment.
Thimble Press, 1991.
Landsberg, M. Michele Landsberg's Guide to Children's Books.
(2nd ed.)
Penguin Books, 1991.
Trelease, Jim.
The New Read-Aloud Handbook. 4th ed.
Penguin Handbooks, 1995.
OPTIONAL TEXT:
Yolen, Jane.
Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore.
Putnam Pub., 1981.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
To complement your professional readings in the Study Guide and the texts,
you will be required to:
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read and annotate a broad range of children's books, according to course
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guidelines and in the light of your needs and interests.
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engage in a variety of practical experiences with children; e.g., reading aloud,
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storytelling, book talks and discussions.
There are four assignment submissions each worth 20% and a final exam worth
20% of the final grade.
SUPPLEMENTARY FEES:
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Course Materials & Service Fee $30
Deposit for Additional Materials $20
02/21/96
COURSE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES WITHOUT NOTICE.
