Picture Books and the Practice of Literacy. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

Catalog description

This course focuses on the picture book. The course will investigate the formal properties of picture books, the potential of picture books for enabling literacy development, and how children and young adults interact with them. The course will include aesthetic theory, theories of text-picture relationships, theories of literacy and literary understanding, and will attempt to forge connections among these theories. Research on children’s engagement with (and responses to) picture books will also be included. (Formerly C&I 5833. Credit cannot be earned for both C&I 5833 and LTED 6023 .) Course Fees: GH01 $90; LRH1 $20.54; STSH $30.81.