MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Education Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
GEC4429
Curriculum studies: children's literature
Next offered in 1997
Ms E M Pascoe
6 points + 2 hours per weekend school and 2 hours per vacation school +
Second semester + Gippsland/Distance + Prerequisites: DipT or BTeach
Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject, students should
have developed knowledge and understandings of a wide variety of different
types and forms of children's literature to be used for enjoyment and study in
the literacy program; their own evaluative criteria in selecting literature for
children; the type and amount of literature which is read both at home and at
school by children; the uses of literature in the English curriculum across a
range of areas; major resources in the area.
Synopsis A study of children's literature in the primary and secondary
school curriculum with a particular emphasis on using books with children in
the home and classroom situations. Reading lists will be provided.
Assessment Three essays (1000 words each): 25% each + Report (1000
words): 25%
Prescribed texts
- Australian Education Council English: A curriculum profile for
Australian schools Curriculum Corporation, 1994
- McVitty W (ed.) The PETA guide to children's literature Primary
English Teaching Association, 1985
- Saxby M and Winch G (eds) Give them wings: The experience of children's
literature Macmillan, 1987
- Verma S (ed.) Curriculum and standards framework: English Board of
Studies, 1995
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