EDU 298 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND ARTS INTEGRATION
This course is a study of children's literature and arts integration as a basis for meaningful learning experiences and for stimulating a love of reading in elementary-grade students. Students will explore a broad range of reading materials in various genres and formats and learn to assess the components of worthy, developmentally appropriate literature. Students will also develop an understanding of the basic concepts of the arts through the study of children's literature. As such, this is considered a content specific course. Over the course of this semester, students will become familiar with popular authors and illustrators, while considering ways to excite children's interest in reading. They will be asked to respond deeply and critically to their own reading experiences, in order to understand how children's literature and arts integration can connect with its audience and illuminate and enhance any course of study. Although this is NOT a methods or a reading course, future teachers will begin to develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to use literature and the arts to effectively work with children.
Prerequisite
EDU 211or SOC 243 or permission from instructor.
Offered
Offered fall, winter and spring.