Literature for Children and Adolescents

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Literature for children and adolescents, approaches for using such literature in the school curriculum. EDUC 422 Literature for Children and Adolescents (3)This course, which is required for students enrolled in the Reading Specialist Program and those who wish to complete the language arts option in the Teaching and Curriculum Program, is designed to assist Pre-K through grade 12 educators who are interested in incorporating children's and/or adolescent literature into the curriculum. The course will focus on an in-depth exploration of selecting, evaluating, and using a wide range of contemporary (published in the last ten years) literature for children and young adults. This course will provide participants the opportunity to explore reader response theory and its relationship to classroom teaching practices, in particular to reading and literacy instruction. The study and application of principles and techniques of integrating literature circles, discussion strategies and literature extension projects will be addressed.