Hello, all,
I love reading for pleasure. But, most of the
books I choose to read are non-fiction. I enjoy
fiction sometimes, but mostly I like the
non-fiction. My favorite as of late was Survival
of the Sickest. I love history, usually different
history books--our book club recently read The
History of the World in Six Glasses. I'm reading
Evolution for Everyone right now.
It is hard to tell the difference, though, between
reading for work and reading for pleasure. I end
up talking about every book in my classes.
Best,
Tracy
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>From: Miguel Roig
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Mon 11/19/2007 2:55 PM
>To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
>Subject: [tips] faculty reading for pleasure?
>
>That's odd . what happened to the rest of my
message?
>
>Anyhow, I wanted to raise the question about the
extent to which college
>professors engage in 'reading for pleasure'
(e.g., fiction). I am sorry
>to have to admit that it has been years since I
have read fiction book,
>period. Just trying to keep up with developments
in my own research area
>is hard enough, let alone reading about
developments in the field of
>psychology or in science in general. How do folks
make time to read
>books for pleasure?
>
>Miguel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 2:18 PM
>To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
>Subject: Re: [tips] Am I expecting too much?
>
>
>Your colleague's post raises an interesting
question for
>
>
>
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>From: Ken Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>>
>> I have a colleague who claimed that you only
needed the answer to
>> one question to predict college success:
>>
>> How often do you read for pleasure?
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> Pollak, Edward wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > A few weeks ago I gave an exam in animal
behavior and asked a
>question
>> > about "Kamikaze sperm." One student asked
what species a Kamikaze
>was. I
>> > then asked the next 4 students entering my
office if they'd ever
>heard
>> > the word , "kamikaze." The first three had
never heard the word. I'm
>
>> > convinced that the problem is that most
students no longer read for
>> > pleasure. This has been problematic for years
but is getting worse.
>Try
>&g t; > asking your student if, as children, they
ever read books (not
>> > magazines) "just for fun." It's no wonder
their general knowledge is
>
>> > so pathetic. And there's a BIG difference
between looking up the
>> > definitive of a specific word on line and
learning words
>incidentally
>> > while reading a book. Even looking words up
in a dictionary is
>better
>> > because you naturally do a little browsing of
other words when you
>look
>> > it up. That's not as easy/common when looking
up a definition on
>line.
>> >
>> > The Kindly Old Curmudgeon
>> >
>> >
>> > /
>> > /Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D./
>> > /Department of Psychology/
>> > /West Chester University of Pennsylvania/
>> > Office Hours: Mondays noon-2 and 3-4 p.m.;
Tuesdays & Thursdays
>8-9:00
>> > a.m. & 12:30-1:30 p.m.
>> > /http://mywebpages.comcast.net/epollak/home.h
tm/
>> > /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/
>> > /Husband, father, grandfather,
biopsychologist, bluegrass fiddler
>and
>> > herpetoculturist...... in approximate order
of importance./
>>
>>
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>> Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Professor
>> Department of Psychology
http://www.psych.appstate.edu
>> Appalachian State University
>> Boone, NC 28608
>> USA
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