3 Selection and Evaluation of Instructional Materials Principles and methods of evaluation and selection of print and nonprint materials. A basic course in literature for children of the primary grades through middle school. Special emphasis is given to picture books, easy books, story books, informational materials, folklore and poetry. Modern trends in the literature for this age level are highlighted. A short unit on censorship is included.
Nonprint material is used selectively.
3 Adolescent Literature Survey of literature suitable for reading by adolescent boys and girls. 1-3 Storytelling This course is designed to assist students in the development of storytelling skills through the investigation of historic and ethnic storytelling traditions, the analysis of oral story presentation and supervised practice of varied storytelling techniques. A wide variety of story types and telling practices will be demonstrated for and used by participants. The connection between curriculum and the oral tradition will be a major emphasis of the course. 3 Introduction to Cataloging and Classification Techniques of bibliographic form and their applications, including simple classification and cataloging of print and nonprint materials.