EDU 440 - Children's Literature and Literacy Learning

Institution:

University of Rochester

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Description:

Prepares educators to capitalize on children's literature for fostering learning. Focuses on children's literature as a unique context for literacy, linguistic, and literary learning in the classroom. Explores the field of children's literature and literary analysis by reading, analyzing, and evaluating children's books representing each major literary genre. Develops questioning techniques designed to enrich children's experience as readers, to enhance the quality of their responses to literary texts, and to help children develop the strategies necessary to generate meaning as readers and writers. (Offered: Every summer B)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rochester.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 822-2256

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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