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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Incorporating International Children's Literature into College Level Children's Literature Courses: A Master Class in the Teaching of Children's Literature.
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Hancock, Marjorie R., Comp. – Journal of Children's Literature, 2003
Describes a Master Class held at the 2002 meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English focusing on the teaching of children's literature. Includes an opening speech that moved participants to confront issues surrounding the need for sharing books from all cultures, countries, and continents. Presents shared thoughts by three university…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Global Approach
It Seems Important that We Should Have the Right To Read...A Master Class in Teaching Children's Literature.
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Pavonetti, Linda M. – Journal of Children's Literature, 2002
Summarizes the presentations of Ginny Moore Kruse and Lois Lowry at a Master Class in the Teaching of Literature conducted at the 91st annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (Baltimore, MD, November 17, 2001). Notes the class addressed censorship and intellectual freedom, challenge and choice, the right to read and the right…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Censorship, Childrens Literature, Intellectual Freedom
Gaining Insight into Picture Book Illustration and Design: A Master Class in the Teaching of Children's Literature.
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Giorgis, Cyndi; Johnson, Nancy J. – Journal of Children's Literature, 2001
Discusses how at the National Council of Teachers of English conference, the Children's Literature Assembly sponsors a Master Class focusing on the teaching of children's literature. Presents an overview of the insights shared by each of the three presenters during the Master Class in the year 2000, which focused on illustration in children's…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Illustrations, Instructional Improvement
Conversations among Colleagues: A Master Class in Teaching Children's Literature.
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Pavonetti, Linda – Journal of Children's Literature, 1997
Discusses a Master Class at the 1996 meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English on the topic of alternative methods of teaching children's literature. Discusses presentations by Rudine Sims Bishop, Jon Stott, and Kathy Short. (RS)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Conferences, Course Descriptions, Elementary Education