Teaching Tips

The editors of the Quarterly are planning to introduce a new regular feature on methods of teaching children's literature. As informal conversations at conferences reveal , many members of the ChLA confront similar problems in their classrooms—for instance, how to introduce picture books to students. Having students purchase individual books is too expensive; showing books on opaque projectors is clumsy, and using slides converts the material into a different medium requiring different responses. Perhaps you have found a solution to problems like this one, one that might help other members of ChLA. If you have had some success in teaching a specific area of children's literature in a specific way, we would appreciate a brief item describing your approach. Contributions might deal with whole areas of children's literature, such as the teaching of fairy tales, or even with approaches to individual texts. We would also be interested in descriptions of your methods of teaching a course in children's literature as a whole—your success in using individual texts or anthologies, your use of class discussion or media material, and so on. Please keep all items brief, and try to be specific. Send descriptions to: Dr. Perry Nodelman, Associate Professor of English, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3B 2E9