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MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Method of delivery: In-person |
Applications open: TBD |
Applications close: TBD |
Next start date: September 2026 |
What and how we read alongside youth matters. From picture books to blockbuster films, students will learn the skills necessary to critically read texts produced for youth while co-creating a range of pedagogies for teaching in B.C.’s culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms.
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November 21, 2023
November 21, 2023
Designed for
Practicing K-12 teachers, librarians and students with an interest in children’s and young adult literature.
Program Structure
- 2 year, 35-unit program (7 5-unit courses)
- In-person classes five times per term on Friday evenings, Saturdays, and/or Sundays
- Summer term classes may meet during the week in the daytime
- Workshops with published authors and illustrators
Intake Schedule
Next Start Term
Fall 2026
Program Design
Designed with working professionals in mind, this two-year degree program offers the opportunity to obtain a high-quality master's degree. Our cohort-based model allows students to work through the program and coursework together (18-24 students).
Working with a cohesive and interdisciplinary faculty team, students will benefit from a rich curriculum and experience that will balance theoretical trends in the study of children’s and young adult literature with hands on teaching strategies. The program was designed to provide opportunities for students to:
- understand children’s and young adult literature as a genre with its own traditions and histories;
- analyze compositional elements of visual images and how graphic narratives like picturebooks, comics, cartoons, and film communicate;
- understand the relationships between texts for youth and shifting cultural constructions of “childhood” and “adolescence” and what kinds of stories adults believe youth need and/or should be shielded from;
- develop knoweldge about BIPOC children’s and YA authors and illustrators and how to select and teach engaging culturally responsive texts in B.C.’s culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms;
- demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of Indigenous children’s and YA literature and develop strategies for teaching First People’s literature, especially to meet the new requirement (beginning 2023-24) set out by the B.C. Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the First Nations Education Steering Committee, that secondary students complete Indigenous-focused coursework before graduation.
Additionally, students will learn directly from authors/illustrators to understand the craft of creating narratives for youth and for communicating that creative process to young people via 1-day workshops with authors and illustrators.
Courses
Students complete:
Program courses and order of delivery subject to change.

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Curious to know more about the program?
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Ashleen Rider Program Assistant - MEd Programs (Temporary)
Community Graduate Programs 778-782-8120 cpmed@sfu.ca SRYC 5203