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ENCO310 Children's Literature: Picture Books and Fantasy

Unit Information
Additional Information

Credit Points	6
Offering	Not offered in 2010
Intensive School(s)	None
Supervised Exam	There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites	12cp at 100 level
Co-requisites	None
Restrictions	EdLDC261 or ENCO210 or ENCO410
Notes	offered in odd numbered years
Combined Units	ENCO410 - Children's Literature: Picture Books and Fantasy
Coordinator(s)	Elizabeth Hale (ehale@une.edu.au)
Unit Description	The unit introduces literature for young children, focussing primarily on the picture book, together with fantasy novels for a middle-childhood readership. The unit has a literary and cultural studies approach, exploring concepts of readership, visual literacy, learned competencies, cultural constructions of the child and of children's literature, and applies these concepts to a range of representative texts. It is not concerned with questions of curriculum development or classroom practice.
Prescribed Material Mandatory	Text(s): Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material The Changeover ISBN: 9780007243525 Mahy, M., Harper Collins 2007 Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus Charlotte's Web ISBN: 9780141317342 White, E.B., Penguin Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus The Tombs of Atuan ISBN: 9780689845369 Le Guin, U., Puffin Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Recommended Material Optional	Text(s): Note: Recommended material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional Dog In, Cat Out ... ISBN: 9781862911277 Rubinstein, G. and James, A., Scholastic Australia 1991 Note: This text will be studied in Week 2. Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus Where the Wild Things Are ISBN: 9780099408390 Sendak, M., Red Fox 2000 Note: This text will be studied in Week 3. Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat ISBN: 9780140503067 Wagner, J. and Brooks, R., Puffin 1980 Note: This text will be studied in Week 4. Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus The Jolly Postman, or other People's Letters ISBN: 9780670886241 Ahlberg, J. and Ahlberg, A., Viking Children's Books 1999 Note: This text will be studied in Week 5. Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus Memorial ISBN: 9780734405456 Crew, G. and Tan, S., Hachette Australia 2003 Note: This text will be studied in Week 6. Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer	Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Assessment

Title	Exam Length	Weight	Mode	No. Words
Assignment 1: Written task		40%		1500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
Assignment 2: Essay		60%		2500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

develop an awareness of the historical perspective of children's literature;
develop an understanding of the characteristics of the genres of picture book, fairy tale, folk tale and fantasy;
examine the relationship between criticism and children's literature and have learned how to apply critical theory to an understanding of childrens literature;
clarify their understanding of what constitutes children's literature.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline The unit introduces students to the discipline of young children's literature, employing a literary and cultural studies approach.
2	Communication Skills The skills of written communication and formal argument are both taught and assessed in this unit. In addition to the writing guides supplied and recommended, students receive written feedback on their reasoning and writing skills. On-campus students have the opportunity to practise oral communication skills in tutorials.
3	Global Perspectives This unit introduces students to literature from Britain, the USA, Europe and Australia. Students have the opportunity to explore the ways in which writers from various cultures have constructed childhood and children's issues in their writing.
4	Information Literacy Students in this unit practise skills in acquiring information through print-based and electronic research tools and are assessed on the organisation and presentation of high quality evidence in assignments.
5	Life-Long Learning This unit allows students to practise a wide range of academic skills: research, analysis and facilitates learning independently. Guides to 'learning how to learn' - defining research 'problems', research, analysis, synthesis and exposition - are supplied and feedback is given on research writing projects.
6	Problem Solving The expository research essay and learning activities supplied with teaching material encourage students to identify critical issues in the discipline and the professional area of children's book studies. Students are specifically asked to conceptualise problems and to collect, collate and analyse relevant information to assist problem-solving within the discipline.
7	Social Responsibility The study of children's culture encourages students to recognise social issues relevant to their discipline and professional area. Political and ethical issues relevant to the study of a 'vulnerable audience' are discussed, and literature as part of a socialising agenda is one of the theoretical frameworks explored.
8	Team Work In the small-group discussion format, the norm for on-campus teaching, students have the opportunity to negotiate, assert their own values, question those values and to respect the contributions of others. Group tasks such as focus group analysis of set texts followed by reporting to the class are part of the tutorial program.