LYST 220 - Children’s Literature in Literacy Learning and Instruction

Semester Hours: 3

Fall, Spring

This course investigates the role of children’s literature in literacy learning and instruction in early childhood and elementary classrooms, including the use of fiction and non-fiction texts. Building from transactional and critical perspectives on literacy, participants are engaged as critical readers of literature for children, paying close attention to the centrality of narrative, story, and response in the process of meaning making from traditional and new media texts. Curricular engagements, such as literature discussions and multimodal and digital response projects, are discussed within the context of establishing a culture of readers that is responsive of all learners, particularly culturally and linguistically diverse students and exceptional learners.

Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
(Formerly Literature in the Lives of Young Children)

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LYST 220 - Children’s Literature in Literacy Learning and Instruction