tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post6857092525594647694..comments2023-07-08T02:32:23.793-07:00Comments on Teaching Matters at LU: Do We Share our Passion for Reading?Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04917082233981368034noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post-54965177321677015062010-02-17T09:53:57.464-08:002010-02-17T09:53:57.464-08:00Reading for information and reading for the love o...Reading for information and reading for the love of it are certainly different and the second makes the first easier. Discipline is required to read for courses, and many students don't seem to have even that. A passion for learning rather than reading helped me to read science texts in college - no one ever had to tell me to take my nose out of that organic chemistry book and eat my dinner.<br /><br />I had a passion for both reading and learning and they were different though related. I think the passion to learn is missing in too many students as well.<br /><br />I have heard casual discussions about whether the exposure to fast-paced, multi-layered media will lead students to learn differently. And I wonder if they will learn and know different things than readers know. There is some research on this, but we really don't seem to know how multimedia affects the process of learning.<br /><br />All said, one of my favorite topics is books. I love books and libraries and bookstores. When I have moved to a new place, my first establishing act has been to get a library card and locate an independent bookstore. Linda, I read memoirs and current novels and some of my favorite writers are Mary Oliver, Annie Dillard, Willa Cather, James Joyce, Conrad Richter, James Wright...but not Proust.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917082233981368034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post-85607520333271338482010-02-17T08:23:22.357-08:002010-02-17T08:23:22.357-08:00You raised a really good point, Joanne. It made m...You raised a really good point, Joanne. It made me stop and think. I always talk about the importance of reading with my basic writing students, telling them that the more reading they do the better writers they will become, and the more they'll internalize the "mysteries" of things like comma placement and sentence boundaries. But I don't often think about recommending specific books or even letting them know how much I love to read. Your post has made me realize I need to be a better role model. Perhaps I won't require them to read my particular favorite, Proust, but I can certainly talk more about the joy reading his novels brought me. I'd be interested in knowing other faculty members favorite books or authors.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335145674065415998noreply@blogger.com