HI,
I was asked by a couple of people to post responses. VERY Helpful. Thank you!
Donna
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On 6/6/06 at 9:04 AM GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido <ladyhawk@well.com> wrote:
>Donna,
>I am partial to the YA literature class I teach for
>Rutgers, both in the Profesional Development and MLIS
>departments.
>
>http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/
>
>Attached in my reading list for the summer session. I will
>teach it again in Spring 2007.
>
>Good luck! GraceAnne DeCandido
>
>>
>GraceAnne A. DeCandido
>Reader Writer Reviewer ~ New York City
>Part-time lecturer in children's and YA literature
>Rutgers SCILS PDS
>
>Favorite titles Spring 2006
>http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/books.html
>
>All shall be well,
>and all shall be well,
>and all manner of things
>shall be well.
>Dame Julian of Norwich ~ 14th cent.
>
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Donna, I'm attending the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and they offer a Young
Adult Lit/services course during the summer (it starts this week!). It's taught as
a Distance Ed course using Centra, which currently is only supported by PC (not
Mac). I'm pasting in a copy of our syllabus and course outline. Scot Smith is an
adjunct professor who is also the librarian at a local middle school. Good luck.
SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
COURSE IS 572
Resources for Young Adults
Summer 2006
Wednesday, 6:30 pm-9:10 pm
SIS Office: 865-974-8612
Instructor: Scot Smith
Email: ssmith40@utk.edu
sssmith@ortn.edu
Course Description
Reading, viewing, and writing based on materials suitable for adolescents in
leisure time and classroom activities; criteria for selecting books, magazines,
movies, videos, and related materials; reference materials and online sources for
research projects; booktalks and strategies for encouraging and promoting reading.
Course Objectives
During this course, the student will:
1. Develop an understanding of the characteristics, needs and interests of young
adults at varying levels of maturity;
2. Show understanding of the cultural and societal influences on contemporary young
adults;
3. Demonstrate a familiarity with a broad range of materials for young adults and
an acquaintance with important authors, awards, online resources, and booklists for
this age level;
4. Apply principles of quality literary works by critically evaluating books;
5. Demonstrate knowledge of principles and techniques for promoting and guiding
teen reading;
6. Experiment with collection development, reader's advisory services, genre
studies, curriculum support and research, and the defense of challenged materials.
Required Readings
(The books are listed in the order they will be read.)
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. Puffin, 2001.
Burgess, Melvin. Smack. Avon, 2003.
Anderson, M.T. Feed. Candlewick, 2004.
Myers, Walter Dean. Monster. Amistad, 2001.
Peck, Richard. The River Between Us. Puffin, 2005
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Make Lemonade. Henry Holt, 2006.
Posted on Blackboard will be a weekly list of required articles. The required
readings should be read/listened to before class.
Additional Readings
In addition to the required readings, students will read one non-fiction title, one
modern realistic novel, one fantasy/science fiction, one mystery/suspense, one
challenged/banned book, one title selected from ALA's Best Books for Young Adults
(BBYA) 2005 or 2006 list, one historical fiction title, and one "reader’s choice"
title. The instructor will provide extensive booklists from which the students will
make their selections. That is a total of fourteen books in ten weeks. There will
be no "double-dipping," meaning one book cannot be used for two assignments.
Students will also be required to watch one movie that is marketed toward teens.
Assignments:
Students will submit their assignments in the Digital Dropbox provided by
Blackboard. All papers will be graded electronically and will be returned as
attachments to an email message. The instructor has access to Word and WordPerfect
software; students are encouraged to write their papers with one of these two word
processing programs. 4:00 p.m. is the deadline; work submitted after that time is
considered late and will be slightly penalized. Students will post their written
booktalks into the Discussion Board before the class in which they are due.
1) Magazine/Movie paper: Look at two magazines marketed at/published for teens and
read them from cover to cover, noting the ads as well as the articles. View one
movie from the list called Teen Movies (most are modern realistic). Think about our
lesson on teen culture and adolescent interests and combine your thoughts from the
magazines with those you had during the movie. The student is expected to make
thoughtful use of the required readings to support your opinions. Evidence of
critical thinking is imperative with this assignment. The student will then write a
8-10 paged paper describing what he/she has discovered about contemporary teens
based on these magazines, the movie, required readings, and classroom discussions.
Worth 25% Due: Saturday, June 24
2) Essay on Speak and Smack: For this essay, the student will consider the class
discussions of teen culture and think critically about the required essays on
modern realism and then write a 4-5 paged essay about how the authors deal with
issues relevant/pertinent to today’s teens and how and why these two award-winning
titles might appeal to teens. Worth 10% Due: Saturday, July 8
3) Complete one collection development exercise (assessment will be based on
criteria offered by the instructor). Worth 15% Due: Saturday, July 22
4) Booktalks: Students will write and present four booktalks (Modern realism,
fantasy/science fiction, mystery/suspense, and a newly published book of the genre
of the reader's choice) during the course of the term. The written booktalk
combined with the presentation is worth 10% of the final grade. Due: Please note
the dates on the course outline as these assignments will be submitted throughout
the term.
5) Students will write genre-specific reading responses for a non-fiction title,
The River Between Us, and Smack. They will write general responses for Monster,
Make Lemonade, one historical fiction title, and one "free choice" selection. Worth
20% Due: Please refer to the course outline for the dates.
6) Students will read a challenged/banned book (A list will be provided by the
instructor) and then write an essay--(2-3) pages--stating whether or not the book
is appropriate for the library it is in. Worth: 10% Due: Saturday, August 5.
7) Participation and attendance--10% The instructor will give ample opportunity for
students to interact with one another both during class through Centra's Breakout
Groups and the Discussion Board feature of Blackboard. Meaningful participation in
the discussion boards is expected.
GRADES
A=93-100; B+=88-92; B=83—87; C+=78-82; C+70-77; D+65-69; below 65=fail.
Course Outline
IS 572
Summer 2006
June 7
Introduction to and Definitions of Young Adult Literature
Landmarks of YA Literature
Major Awards
The Art of Booktalking
Best Books of 2004 and 2005
June 14
Adolescent Psychology
Introduction to Teen Culture
Magazines for Teens
Movies/Films for/about teens
Read Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak
June 21
Modern Realism
Reader Response Theory
Read Mevlin Burgess' Smack
Due: Magazine/Movie Paper on Saturday, June 24
June 28
Non-Fiction
Biographies
Memoir
Information Series
Due: Booktalk on a Modern Realistic title
July 5
Reference Materials
Electronic Resources, Online Databases
Review Sources
Educational Videos
Due: Booktalk on a book from the BBYA 2005 or 2006 list
Due: Saturday, July 8: Essay on Smack and Speak
July 12
Fantasy and Science Fiction
Graphic Novels
Read M.T. Anderson's Feed.
Due: Saturday, July 15, Reading Responses for Feed, a non-fiction title, and a free
choice title.
July 19
Mysteries for teens
Censorship
Read: Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Due: Booktalk for Science Fiction or fantasy title
Due: Saturday, July 22, Collection Development Exercise
July 26
Historical Fiction
Reading Incentive Programs
Read Richard Peck’s The River Between Us
August 2
Books in a series
Short story collections
Humorous fiction
Due: Booktalk for one mystery title
Due: Saturday, August 5, Challenged Book exercise
August 9
Literature of Diversity
Poetry
Novels in Verse
Read Wolff's Make Lemonade
Due on Thursday, August 10: Reading responses for Monster, The River Between Us,
Make Lemonade, and one historical fiction title.
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We teach "literature for youth" which combines children and YA literature.
This course is totally online. See www.unt.edu/slis
Our Master's degree is totally online with the exception of one week on
campus during one semester only.
Barbara Stein Martin, Ph.D.
Professor, University of North Texas
School of Library and Information Sciences
Denton, TX 76203
stein@unt.edu
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Check out University of Wisconsin - Stout. I took one through there and
it was pretty good.
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Last fall I took a children's lit course on-line with Sharron McElmeel from the
University of Wisconsin-Stout. It was great and I know she also does YA literature
classes. Check that out.
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/index.shtml
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If I had my choice I would want to study with Mary Kay Chelton at Queens or Dr.
Bodart at San Jose.
Dr. Raymond W. Barber
Editor, Senior High School Catalog
Consultant, Standard Catalog Series
H. W. Wilson Company
mailing address: 4000 Gypsy Lane #624
Philadelphia, PA. 19129
e-mail: rbarber@penncharter.com
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I took a children's literature class through the Univ of Missouri
Columbia (online). Also might check into Clarion University (PA),
they might have one online. Both would be excellent.
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The University of North Texas has a wonderful, complete master's program for MLS.
They provide many YA classes.
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I'm heading for my MLIS at Southern Connecticut State University. I
have taken both the Materials for Children and Materials for Adolescents
online with Prof. Disbrow. I enjoyed both thoroughly, but I'm sure
there are many good courses out there. It's a lot of reading, but it's
fun! Good luck.
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GREAT course, via Rutgers University (NJ) online Professional
Development program: An Educator's Survey of Young Adult Literature
17:611:549:F6 [83237]
This survey course of young adult literature (books for teenagers) is
designed especially for teachers, school media specialists, and other
educators. The focus is on contemporary books aimed at readers ages
12-18. The course provides the opportunity to explore this rich
literature and to create lesson plans, booktalks, webquests, and other
material useful in the school library or classroom. The emphasis is on
reading widely and on intense engagement with the texts. Students will
read thirty to forty titles in the course of the semester.
Prerequisites: experience using email and basic World Wide Web
searching techniques, your own reliable Internet account, and the
hardware and software required for an online course course (see
Technical Requirements at http://rutgersonline.net). Sessions : this
course is offered online asynchronously; class runs June 26th to
August 17th. Instructor: GraceAnne A. DeCandido. 3 cr. Enrollment
limit: 20.
see http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/programs/pds/PDSAdmissions.jsp
for registraton info.
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I'll be teaching one online in the fall for the School of Library and
Information Studies at San Jose State University in California. San Jose
State University teaches a lot of courses online. Their library school URL
is http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/index.htm.
I'm sure that you will get a lot of other suggestions from our wonderful
LM-NET!
Shirley Lukenbill, Librarian
Wooldridge Elementary, Austin (TX) ISD
and Lecturer, School of Information
University of Texas at Austin
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Hi,
I took this certificate program from Rutgers a few years ago. It was great. I
learned a lot & enjoyed having all the professors and getting to know the online
students. You don't have to take the certificate program---you could just take one
of the literature courses.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/programs/pds/litandtech.jsp
this course is being taught this summer--I've had this professor---she was terrific!
An Educator's Survey of Young Adult Literature 17:611:549:F6 [83237]
This survey course of young adult literature (books for teenagers) is designed
especially for teachers, school media specialists, and other educators. The focus
is on contemporary books aimed at readers ages 12-18. The course provides the
opportunity to explore this rich literature and to create lesson plans, booktalks,
webquests, and other material useful in the school library or classroom. The
emphasis is on reading widely and on intense engagement with the texts. Students
will read thirty to forty titles in the course of the semester. Prerequisites:
experience using email and basic World Wide Web searching techniques, your own
reliable Internet account, and the hardware and software required for an online
course course (see Technical Requirements at http://rutgersonline.net). Sessions :
this course is offered online asynchronously; class runs June 26th to August 17th.
Instructor: GraceAnne A. DeCandido. 3 cr. Enrollment limit: 20.
Good luck
Linda Rogde
MS Librarian
Seoul Foreign School
Seoul, S. Korea
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I believe Rutgers University SCILS offers such a course. Check out
www.rutgers.edu and see what you can find.
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http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/yalit
The next class begins September 25, 2006
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http://www.twu.edu has online classes through the School of Library and Information
Sciences. They are awesome!
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I'm sitting here on the University of Tennessee - Knoxville campus, monitoring one
of our Distance Education (DE) classes:
572 Resources and Services for Young Adults
(3) Critical survey of books and related materials for young adults; personal,
vocational, and recreational needs and interests. Evaluation, selection, and
utilization for school and public libraries.
It is offered Wednesday nights: 6:30-9:10pm (USA Eastern Daylight)
This class is great and the instructor, Scot Smith, is wonderful, fantastic,
superb. I volunteered to be the DE monitor, even though I took the class last
summer! And he is EXTREMELY passionate about YA lit. I doubt you could find
anyone with more YA Lit in their bloodstream!!
Tonight is the first meeting. It is a class ONLY offered during the summer. If
you want to sign up now (you could listen to tonight's class via playback) , check
in with:
Arnold, Tanya
Coordinator of Student Services
Email Address
tnarnold@utk.edu
Phone Number
(865) 974-2858
Another possibility
573 Programming for Children and Young Adults
(3) Philosophy and objectives of public and school library services for children
and young adults. Reading, listening, and viewing guidance for individuals and
groups. Program planning, implementation, and evaluation. Prereq: 571 or 572
General information about UTK's program is accessible via: http://www.sis.utk.edu/
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You may want to check out:
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/yalit
The next class begins September 25, 2006
Be glad to answer any questions.
Sharron McElmeel
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