LIT 515 - Teaching Young Adult Literature

This course will involve the study of current issues in the field of young adult literature, as well as major authors, themes, genres, award winning books, and pedagogical concerns. It will provide a rationale for teaching with adolescent literature to meet content standards and to further social justice in schools; it will provide strategies for selecting and sharing appropriate literature with teens.

Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Offered: Irregular
Credit: 3