The Middle ShelfI sometimes wonder if the people deciding on the curriculum I teach don’t have ‘Putting students off #reading’ as their goal. https://mastodon.social/media/60w964Iw6Rgglk-Ayr0
[MOVED TO @@themiddleshelf And how would they do that?
@arcans Some novels are chosen by the curriculum. This year, despite having some qualities that any literature teacher would recognise, the chosen novels will nonetheless be really hard to "sell".
@themiddleshelf Well… That describes my experience with school #readings. The selection was at best boring, but that did not prevented me to be a huge reader. Of completely different books though.
@arcans Yes, I do my best to offer a variety of other books to read, but the constraints can be annoying. So many of my colleagues never explore literature beyond the 1950s!
@themiddleshelf Same old story…
That’s a shame though. By giving books that one need to already have some sort of expertise to read, it gives students the impression that reading overall is an activity that can only be done well if you’re an expert. And then, they are simply not interested, or at the very best they limit themselves to what they have discovered by themselves that gives them the impression it can be read without being the kind of expert school want them to be.
That’s a shame though. By giving books that one need to already have some sort of expertise to read, it gives students the impression that reading overall is an activity that can only be done well if you’re an expert. And then, they are simply not interested, or at the very best they limit themselves to what they have discovered by themselves that gives them the impression it can be read without being the kind of expert school want them to be.
@arcans That. I don't have anything to add.