Independent Programmed Courses in Children's Literature

FAIN: FT-10876-70

Peter Meinke
Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL 33711-4744)

Broad study of children's literature: 1) to set up independent programs of study in children's literature which could be distributed to colleges; 2) to work particularly on a program of race-related children's literature--to result in an article or phamplet as well as a programmed course. Broad study of children's literature: 1) to set up various independent programs of study in children's literature which would be distributed to colleges, especially small colleges which typically do not have a specialist in this field. Programmed courses could then be filed in the libraries, along with catalogues of bibliographies, suggested paper topics, questions for discussion, etc.; the student would only need a sponsoring professor to check his work. 2) to work particularly on a program of race-related children's literature with discussions of older works, list of newer works, introductions to Negro writers of children's books, etc., to result in an article or pamphlet as well as a programmed course. Fellow is author of The Legend of Larry the Lizard (John Knox Press, 1968) and Very Seldom Animals (Possum Press, 1969), both children's books in verse.