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Fourteen lines? tl;dr
Fourteen lines? tl;dr
“Daniel Shore, the chair of Georgetown’s English department, told me that his students have trouble staying focused on even a sonnet”: from an Atlantic article by Rose Horowitch, “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books.”
#academia#college#reading#teaching
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
Fourteen lines? tl;dr
“Is Reading Over for Gen Z Students?”
“Is Reading Over for Gen Z Students?”
Listening to podcasts and watching YouTube videos — two suggestions offered in this podcast — don’t replace the work (and joy) of reading. Podcasts and YouTube videos might, on occasion, supplement the work (and joy) of reading in worthwhile ways. But without the reading, what’s the point? If instructors are unwilling to assign “an entire novel,” exactly what are podcasts and YouTube videos supposed to be supplementing? And what happens when the work of listening and watching becomes odious?
#academia#college#reading#teaching
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
“Is Reading Over for Gen Z Students?”
More reading
More reading
On one page of The Chronicle of Higher Education, an argument for less reading and more “writing.” But on another page: an account of a community-college’s effort to make use of Columbia University’s core curriculum.
#academia#college#reading
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
More reading
A page-forty-five test
A page-forty-five test
I’m in complete sympathy with the writers’ argument (against the corporatization of academia), but this book is best borrowed from a library.
#reading#academia
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
A page-forty-five test