Education - Children's Literature PGCert
Oxford Brookes University
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OverviewOur PGCert Education - Childrens Literature course gives you an overview of the turbulent and unique journey that childrens literature has taken since its earliest days to the present from a range of theoretical perspectives.You will acquire the understanding of how texts are constructed using a range of narrative modes. And how this aspect of your subject knowledge can be used in the primary classroom to develop children’s abilities to read a range of texts for pleasure.You will also ...Read more

Overview

Our PGCert Education - Children's Literature course gives you an overview of the turbulent and unique journey that children's literature has taken since its earliest days to the present from a range of theoretical perspectives.

You will acquire the understanding of how texts are constructed using a range of narrative modes. And how this aspect of your subject knowledge can be used in the primary classroom to develop children’s abilities to read a range of texts for pleasure.

You will also explore a variety of texts currently available including:

  • classic texts
  • picture books
  • novels in verse form
  • literature in translation
  • digital texts.

Our teaching staff are experienced and active in researching and teaching in the area of children's literature.

You will have access to our Oxford Brookes specials collections, a new collection of rare and antiquarian children's books and, when onsite, specialist-trained drama sessions.

Career prospects

Your learning on the course may lead to better prospects for career advancement.

Students frequently change role / direction as a result of developing new understandings and skills from their work on the course.

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Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University , Oxford

Based in the historic student city of Oxford, Oxford Brookes is one of the UK’s leading modern universities....

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Harcourt Hill Campus Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 9AT United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Oxford  0.8 miles away

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