Children's and Young Adult Literature from a Teacher/Author Perspective
EDUC x422
| Day | Wednesdays, January 20 - March 3, 2010 |
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| Time | 5:00pm - 8:00pm |
| Room | Daly Science Building, room 106 |
| Credit | 20 hours, 2.0 CEUs |
| Cost | $300 |
Description
This course lets teachers and other educators experience the pleasure of children's and YA literature, as well as creating and sharing strategies for the teaching that literature effectively to young people. Students in the course will read work in various genres, share lesson plans and other curricular ideas, and learn about children's writing from a writer's as well as a teacher's point of view. We'll also look at the various ways readers and texts interact, investigate motivational and other student-centered strategies, and learn about the publishing industry and the children's writer's place within it. But the main emphasis is for us to enjoy and explore the literature itself!
