Heck no, I am catching up on all my mysteries series I follow including the Death in.... series, anything by Joan Hess (very funny), the series about the midwife in turn of the 20th century New York by Victoria somebody, the Amish lady with the inn whose author also writes the Den of Antiquity series, and Valeries Wolzein and the dead-end job series and a few more authors who crank out a book a year--all real junk food for the mind, or mind trash, so I didn't think anyone cared. I like the characters' development over time and am sad when an author dies or stops like the Cat Who... series or the lady from Alabama who wrote the 'sisters' series (also VERY funny stuff). I don't have much time to keep up during the school year so this is the perfect time.
Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:06:05 -0500 >From: "DeVolder Carol L" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [tips] What's on Your Summer Reading List >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > >OK, this actually looks pretty good. And I'll probably read it. Thanks, >Annette. >But, am I the only one who reads (gasp) fiction? I always thought that was >what summer was for... >Carol > >Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. >Professor of Psychology >Chair, Department of Psychology >St. Ambrose University >518 West Locust Street >Davenport, Iowa 52803 > >Phone: 563-333-6482 >e-mail: [email protected] >web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm > >The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with >anyone without permission of the sender. > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Mon 6/1/2009 8:01 PM >To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) >Subject: RE: [tips] What's on Your Summer Reading List > >Our Underachieving Colleges by Derek Bok > >A couple of the many review on Amazon: >Derek Bok makes a unique contribution by skillfully weaving his critique of >campus and curriculum with an extensive review of the literature on student in >a number of key areas, including writing instruction, critical thinking >instruction, civic education, and diversity education. Rather than identify a >narrowly defined culprit in the supposed decline of higher education, such as >political correctness or neglect of the literary canon, Bok writes >persuasively about the multiple aims of higher education and retains focus >throughout on the question of how attention to each of these aims contributes >to measurable increases in student learning. . . . This thoughtful critique of >higher education will be accessible to a wide audience. >(Publishers Weekly) > >What distinguishes Our Underachieving Colleges from other books in the genre >is the author's focus on what research has to say about what students are and >are not learning, along with his insistence that institutions should put their >money where their mouths are and invest in the teachers, teaching, and >educational experiences that are likely to help them achieve their own chosen >goals. >(Mary Taylor Huber Change) > >Annette > >Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. >Professor of Psychology >University of San Diego >5998 Alcala Park >San Diego, CA 92110 >619-260-4006 >[email protected] > > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) >________________ >winmail.dat (6k bytes) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
