-Name & Summarize (a few sentences) about the chapters you read.
Chapter 16: The Value of Reading More
This chapter starts with the word gap when students enter formal education. It highlights the importance of parents reading to their children every day. This gives an advantage to children that are not read to. Many factors include the parent's education level, location, and socioeconomic status. Students need to read more and are currently reading less independently. This is also a problem with higher education. In a Ted Talk, "What is a college education," David Ray mentioned how his courses and others started with multiple books to read to one book, usually a textbook. I attached the link to the Ted Talk and its location at the bottom of the post. Textbooks will not create individuals who read out of school and become lifelong learners. It challenges how the DEAR program is done; I am shocked this program is still used. I know my 3rd-grade teacher used it. However, we had to track the number of pages we read. With silent reading, there needs to be deliberate practice. The chapter gives a great story about a piano teacher utilizing deliberate practice. I use deliberate practice with enduring issue essays. I will need to expand on it further.
Chapter 19: The Power of a Book
This chapter explains that students often need help to pick out books when they need help understanding their favorite authors, genres, etc. Have a "good reads" section to make it easier for a student to choose. Then the teacher and student should be able to identify what interests them in reading.
Chapter 20: The Role of Relevance
There are three types of relevance. Association relevance the learned connects it to something they enjoy. Usefulness relevance is the learner sees a way to use the information. Identity relevance is related to the individual.
- How will these impact your teaching?
I use a lot of dialogic talk in my government course. My philosophy elective will primarily consist of dialogic talk. I will further expand the deliberate practice. I currently use it with my enduring issue essays. I will include other skill work or the book we read in government class.
-What strategies did you take away and how will you implement them into your teaching?
After students complete philosophical readings, I will use three big questions for a dialogic talk.