In this reading group, we'll discuss the book's findings and strategies for fostering students' critical reading skills.
Reading Group on Critical Reading in Higher Education
Wednesday, June 15th, 10-11:30 a.m.
Belk Library 102
Written by a multidisciplinary group of faculty, Critical Reading in Higher Education is intended “for ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ instructors from various disciplines who are frustrated that their students don’t read, or more accurately, don’t read the way they are expected to in ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ courses” (xi). This book explains the findings from a collaborative research project focused on “how students read in first-year courses.” And what they offer, as Pat Hutchings describes in the forward is “good news, not-so-good news, and bad news,” about student reading habits. Though the study focuses on first-year courses, it offers findings and strategies that can be adapted or applied in other course contexts to foster and help develop students’ critical reading skills (as well as a nice model for a well-designed cross-disciplinary collaborative scholarship of ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ and learning project).
The first half of the book will be discussed on June 15th. Participants will select a second date for discussing the remainder of the book. Please by June 1st to receive a copy of the book.