The purpose of this course is to discuss various forms of children literature such as fairy tales, stories and fables, and the connections between children literature and literature education. Students will learn how to write different forms of children literature and improve their writing skills. At the same time, student teachers will learn how to evaluate the qualities of literatures and become prepared to teach children literary appreciation or engage in creating children literature.
Intended Learning Outcomes
CILO-1: Recognize the characteristics of different children’s literature genres in Chinese and English language.
CILO-2: Recognize how to teach reading and writing different children’s literature genres.
CILO-3: Develop the ability to appreciate children’s literature.
CILO-4: Improve the ability to create children’s’ literature.
CILO-5: Try to integrate reading and writing children’s literature with the teaching of different subjects.