Teacher Education Program

• Compare and contrast children's and young adult multicultural literature in relation to the values of various world societies.

• Describe the history and development of picture and illustrated books and the criteria for evaluating art and content.

• Choose appropriate books for children at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels, which reflect the diversity of our world.

• Describe the function of picture books in education, and describe the function of picture books as an introduction to ideas and values with examples from various world cultures.

• Describe the types of folk tales and their distinctive elements.

• Describe the social and psychological value of reading folk tales.

• Describe the characteristics of fables and their use and values.

• Apply literary criteria (plot, characterization, settings, style, point of view, theme, tone) to fiction for children.

• Describe the importance of fantasy, folk tales, and fables in developing imagination and providing insights into the histories and values of diverse world cultures.

• Describe the value of nursery rhymes as an introduction to poetry and as a basis for development of social, psychological, and linguistic values.

• Describe the characteristics of nonsense verse.

• Apply criteria for evaluation of narrative and lyric poetry for children. 

• Describe the importance of style and tone in historical writing for children.

• Apply composition criteria (research, authenticity, and objectivity) for evaluating biography as history.

• Apply literary criteria (characterization, central theme, style, point of view, tone, setting) for evaluating biography as history.

• Describe the benefits for children in listening to stories.

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