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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
FALL SEMESTER 2005 COURSE OUTLINE
EDUC 465-4 (EDUCATION)
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
C100
The main purposes of this course are: to get in touch with and reflect upon your own reading and book
experiences through childhood and adolescence—this reflection will prepare you to think about other
people's ideas and notions on the topic of reading and books for children; to introduce you to a small
but representative sample of the range of literature available to children and youth today; to give you
an opportunity to explore and understand this literature g. children's traditional folk and fairy tales,
picture books, verse and poetry, the novel, etc.—in greater depth; and to reflect on what makes a good
children's book; to critically examine why and how children and books might be brought together; and
to introduce you to ways of bringing children and books together through such strategies as: reading
and reading aloud, and other simple forms of presenting literature, storytelling, etc.
PREREQUISITE:
60
hours of credit.
TEXT(S):
Butler, D.
Cushla and Her Books.
The Horn Book Inc. (1980).
Chambers, A.
The Reading Environment.
Stenhoouse Publishers. (1996).
Kennedy, X. J
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and Kennedy, D.
Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry.
Little, Brown & Company. (1999).
Trelease, J.
The Read-Aloud Handbook
(5th ed.). Penguin Canada. (2001).
Yolen,
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Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood.
August House Publishers. (2000).
A children's novel. Students to choose one title from a selection provided online and to obtain on their own (borrow -e.g.
from local library- or purchase).
Recommended:
Zola, M. By Hook Or By Crook: My Autograph Book.
Tundra Books. (1987).
Zola, M.
Poetry Plus. Copp
Clark Pitman. (1990).
REQUIREMENTS:
Participation in
2 online conference discussions
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5%
Maintaining a professional reflective journal
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1070
Completion of 3 papers
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457o
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Online presentation activity & response to classmates
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207o
Final exam ?
20%
REQUIREMENTS NOTE:
Please see exam schedule in Registration Timetable.
Students requiring accommodations as a result of a disability, must contact
the Centre for Students with Disabilities
(604-291-3112 or csdo@sfu.ca ).
DELIVERY MODE:
Print
FirstClass Computer Conferencing
MODE OF DELIVERY NOTE:
SUPPLEMENTARY FEES:
Course materials and service fee ?
$40.00
Deposit for additional materials ?
$25.00
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Last updated: 6/22/2005
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