What is the difference between English 410: The Childrens Literary Tradition, and English 335: Childrens Literature in the Classroom?
The primary difference is that EN 335 is a course that focuses on the pedagogy of childrens literature, and how it can be used in the classroom. EN 410 doesnt deal with these questions. Thats not to say the issue doesnt come up, especially with regard to multicultural and censorship issuesbut its not the focus of the course. Where EN 335 focuses on practice, then, EN 410 is more likely to focus on a theoretical approach. The other main difference between these two courses is in how theyre taught. EN 410 is a seminar course, which means that most of what gets said about the literature in class is said by members of the class, not the instructor. Generally speaking, the professor in EN 410 might spend a week or so at the beginning of the semester helping you get your feet wet, that is, explaining some basic assumptions from which the rest of the course may be built, but most of the course will be structured around discussion and presentations by you and your fellow students. Of course, t
