Reading is a big part of every student’s life, and so today’s topic is how to read a book. To discuss this with me is Cherie Harder. She not only loves books and reading, but a big part of her role as President of the Trinity Forum is helping others learn to read well and love books as much as she does.
In this podcast we discuss:
- Why Cherie loves books
- Tips to help students read effectively (to understand well)
- Some of the challenges to reading well in our day of social media
- Reading different types of books differently
- How what you read shapes you
- How to read in ways that discern truth from error
- The value of courses in the humanities for non-humanities majors
- Why it is important to read those we disagree with
- The value of reading books from other times and cultures
- Why to re-read a book now and then
- The value of reading with others and reading groups
- How to understand the book’s parts in light of the whole (and vice versa)
- The importance of understanding genre (types of writing)
- When it is important to read an entire book and when it is not important
- How and when to consult a book’s online reviews and CliffsNotes
- Are paper books or ebooks better?
- How to best read an ebook
- The value of pleasure-reading
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