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ECE 340: Literature for Young Children

Course Description

This survey course in children's literature is designed to provide teacher candidates with the skills and knowledge necessary to select and use high-quality literature in their future preK-3rd grade classrooms.

Course Details

• When Taught: Fall and Winter
• Credit Hours: 2
• Lecture Hours: 2
• Lab Hours: 0

Learning Outcomes

The course has several learning outcomes, including:

• Genres and Formats: Students will identify texts for young children by genre and format.
• Critiquing Texts: Students will critique texts according to quality (i.e., literacy artistic), taste, and identify the messages and ideologies they present.
• Teaching with Trade Books: Students will use research-based practices to prepare to teach with trade books and other texts in early childhood settings.
• Reading Widely: Students will read a wide variety of children's books to develop or redevelop a love of and enthusiasm for reading.