They will read and discuss literature for children and young adults which reflects the culture and experiences of African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans, among others. They will learn how to judge the literary quality as well as the cultural authenticity of multicultural literature, plus discuss teaching applications, including adaptations for culturally and linguistically diverse populations. This course may also be applied to a Master's degree and to the Reading Specialist Certificate.
Students read a required textbook and a packet of articles.
Each module usually takes about 2 weeks. Written feedback on all work is provided to each student after each module. Then they post this information for all to read on the WebBoard. Everyone chooses a different author, so that everyone ends up with a nice file of different author studies created by their classmates. These are posted throughout the semester.