Children's and YA Books in the College Classroom
Subtitle: Essays on Instructional Methods
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780786495023
Subjects: Children's literature, study and teaching; Young adult literature
Description: "Using children's and young adult literature can improve a variety of college classes in fields as varied as biology, computer game development, political science and history. The contributors describe innovative teaching strategies using dystopian fiction, graphic narratives, fairy tales and mythology. Children's literature can support student learning by raising levels of academic rigor, creativity and critical thinking"--