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How to Stop Killing the Love of Reading | Cult of Pedagogy

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This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. If I had to pick one thing that makes the biggest difference in the quality of any person’s education, the quality of their life, really, it would be reading. And I’m not really talking about basic literacy—not about the ability to read—I’m talking about reading for pleasure, to satisfy curiosities, to understand how people work and find solace in knowing we are not the only ones who think and feel the way we do. That kind of reading. But when I see what my kids do in school for “reading,” it doesn’t really look like reading. I ask them what books they are reading in school, and a lot of times they give me a blank stare. What they do in reading, they tell me, is mostly worksheets about reading. Or computer programs that ask them to read passages, not books, and answer multiple-choice questions. Knowing this has bothered m

How to Stop Killing the Love of Reading | Cult of Pedagogy Close Can't find what you are looking for? Contact Us Listen to my interview with Pernille Ripp ( transcript ): Sponsored by Kiddom and simpleshow videomaker This page contains Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? If I had to pick one thing that makes the biggest difference in the quality of any person’s education, the quality of their life, really, it would be rea

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