Isn't that the beauty of reading? That you can share your thoughts with your students? Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire From: Tracy E. Zinn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 9:06 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] faculty reading for pleasure? 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 --Original Message----- >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] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >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 > > > >-------------- Original message -------------- >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./ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Professor >> Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu >> Appalachian State University >> Boone, NC 28608 >> USA >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> --- > >--- > > >To make changes to your subscription contact: > > > > > >Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >--- > > >--- >________________ >TNEF8430.rtf (5k bytes) ------------------------------------- Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Johnston Hall Room 121 MSC 7401 James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Office: (540) 568-6309 Fax: (540) 568-3322 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.psyc.jmu.edu/ug/ <http://www.psyc.jmu.edu/ug/%0d%0a> ------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---
