University of Pittsburgh School of Education

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Institute for Practice and Research in Education
Course Description - IPRE 9134

 

IPRE 9134 - CHILDRENS'S LIT FOR TCHRS K-8

THIS COURSE WILL EXPOSE PARTICIPANTS TO A WIDE RANGE OF BOOKS FOR STUDENTS K-8. PARTICIPANTS WILL READ EXTENSIVELY AND TALK AND WRITE ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE READ, ANTICIPATING STUDENT RESPONSE TO VARIOUS BOOKS AND, TO A LIMITED EXTENT, EXPLORING POTENTIAL CLASSROOM APPLICATIONS. THEY WILL ALSO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH MANY RESOURCES FOR FINDING AND EVALUA TING BOOKS, AND WILL CREATE A FILE OR DATABASE RECORD OF BOOKS. IT WILL FEATURE LARGE AND SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION; BOTH IN-CLASS AND OUT-OF-CLASS READING WILL BE REQUIRED.

Credits: 3

This course is not offered in the Summer 2010 (2107) or Spring 2010 (2104) or Fall 2009 (2101) terms.