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Elizabeth L Marcoux
LIS 566
Seattle Campus
An overview of materials reflecting adolescents' interest in media and addressing their educational, cultural, and recreational needs. Students evaluate print literature, electronic ad other non-print media for young adults. Content also designed to assist adult caregivers of adolescents. Prerequisite: LIS 500, LIS 510, and LIS 520 or permission of instructor.
Class description
This course provides an overview of materials reflecting adolescents' interest in media and addressing their educational, cultural, and recreational needs. Students evaluate print literature, electronic and other non-print media for young adults (YA). Content of the course is also designed to assist adult caregivers of adolescents.
This course will provide you with a basic understanding of the developmental (educational, cultural, and recreational) needs of young adults (YA). Throughout this course, you will learn about the historical context of adolescence and how YA literature has developed. You will develop knowledge of some information resources to use with YA populations, from selection resources to types and genres of information. You will also have opportunities to develop presentations for YA information resources in different YA settings.
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
1) demonstrate familiarity with some of the selection tools and recommended reading lists used to develop YA collections. 2) distinguish between different types of resource presentations to YAs and do reader's advisory work with YAs. 3) design products that demonstrate an understanding of those professionals that work with YA literature and adolescents in information settings. 4) articulate some of the dilemmas of YA information access versus privacy issues. 5) promote literature and other information to YAs.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
This course will have lectures every Wednesday and discussion with reviews & booktalks every Friday. Assignments will be discussed logistically before each assignment due date and content-wise upon their evaluation.
Recommended preparation
Begin to review the readings lists of the various YA books. You will be asked to read, review, and booktalk some of them. See the assignment for more information. Be sure you have the text and reading assignments done before the Wednesday lecture if possible.
Class assignments and grading
There are 5 major required assignments in this course. There is also a percentage of your grade allotted to participation.
See the syllabus for specific assignment and grading information.
The syllabus states exactly how grades are assigned. Late assignments are allowed ONLY up to 24 hours after the due date, and will automatically lose points for being late.
