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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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EDLT 217 - Exploring Global Dynamics through Children’s and Adolescent Literature


Description:
Interdisciplinary connections with critical analysis of global and international children’s/adolescent literature are explored. Comparisons across contemporary, historical, social, political, and economic issues through global and international children’s/adolescent literature read and discussed. Course will be offered every year (Fall).

Credits: (4)

General Education Category: K4 - Global Dynamics

General Education Pathways: P3 Perspectives on Current Issues, P4 Social Justice, P6 Ways of Knowing

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Read, examine, and critically compare a wide variety of global and international children’s/international books, genres, authors and illustrators
  • Compare how countries address, present, and explain contemporary, historical, social, political, and economic issues to children and adolescents through literature
  • Critically evaluate the literary and artistic comparative viewpoint of global and international children’s/adolescent books
  • Critically evaluate issues in the field of global and international children’s and adolescent literature, such as cultural authenticity, translation, and award-giving
  • Select and read high quality global and international children’s and adolescent books
  • Demonstrate various methods for introducing children and adolescents to quality global and international books

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/18/18

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