Faculty of Education and Social Work
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EDPROFST 707 - Children’s Literature in Education
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Course description
30 points
A critical examination of children's literature theory, leading to the ability to enhance literacy and critical literacy pedagogy.
Course director
Helen Villers
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Course overview
Have a passion for children's and young adult literature?
Through this fully-online course you will explore how to apply literary theory to analyse selected texts, critiquing a range of literature programmes relevant to New Zealand children's literacy learning, examining links between literature, student motivation, engagement and literacy achievement. Through this course you will develop skills and knowledge which you can use to locate, summarise and critique research studies, as well as how to run your own inquiry projects. Through the course you will also develop a canon of children's and young adult literature for your literacy and English programmes. -
Learning outcomes
At completion of this course, students will be able to:- Demonstrate a critical knowledge of both children’s and young adult literature.
- Apply literary theory to analyse a range of children’s literature.
- Develop and justify a range of literature programmes relevant for New Zealand children’s literacy learning.
- Critically assess both the content and their response as an interpreter of text.
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Delivery modes
Online
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Currently scheduled classes
2018 Online (Semester 1): Online delivery
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This course can be taken as a taught course in the following programmes:
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Ministry of Education course subsidies
Primary and Intermediate teachers may be eligible for a Ministry of Education fees subsidy for this course. Click here for more information.
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Recommended courses to take with this one
Course code Course name Semester/Campus EDPROFST 701 Issues in Literacy Education 2018 Online/Blended (Semester 2) EDPROFST 702 Challenges of Literacy Difficulties 2018 Online/Blended (Semester 2) EDPROFST 705 Issues in Literacy Teaching and Learning 2018 Epsom (Semester 1) -
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