The unit Children's Literature in the Classroom explores the ways in which literature for young people can be taught in energising and engaging ways. It explores Children's Literature as a site for literacy practices and textual engagement, and as 'an inherent part of the life cycle of literacy' (Ross Johnson 2004: 310) It argues that young people need to read across a wide range of texts for meaning and pleasure, with an emphasis on both enjoyment and critique; an awareness of social justice, and on imagination and creativity. It takes a view of texts as constructions and representations, and as such as also partial, ideological, and taken up differently by different readers. <br/>This... -- Course Website
Instructor: J O'Mara
Prerequisites: ECL769
