Critical reading in higher education : academic goals and social engagement / Karen Manarin [and three others] ; foreword by Pat Hutchings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manarin, Karen, author.

Contributor:

Hutchings, Pat, writer of foreword.

Series:

Scholarship of teaching and learning.

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading (Higher education).

Critical thinking.

Reading comprehension.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : Indiana University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors discovered the good (students can read), the bad (students are not reading for social engagement), and the ugly (class assignments may be setting students up for failure) and they offer strategies that can better engage students and provide more meaningful reading experiences.

Contents:

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Different Courses, Common Concern; 2 Can Students Read?; 3 Critical Reading for Academic Purposes; 4 Critical Reading for Social Engagement; 5 So Now What?; Introduction to the Appendixes; Appendix 1: Rubrics and Worksheets; Appendix 2: Taxonomy of Absence Regarding Social Engagement; Appendix 3: Coda on Collaboration; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253018984

0253018986

OCLC:

928716753