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Many of the upcoming generation of teachers dislike reading and avoid it whenever possible. One study conducted by two Kent State University education professors in a children’s literature course found surprising changes in prospective teachers’ attitudes. “Many students enter our courses with negative attitudes toward reading in general and, more specifically, toward the types of literature that make up the main content of our courses” (i.e., “good” books for children and adolescents). More than one-fourth of these potential teachers confessed to a “lifelong discomfort with print,” and many acknowledged that they made it through English courses by relying on “Cliff Notes, book jackets, or cursory reading to supply them with just enough information to pass tests or to prepare book reports.” Others of us who are teaching teachers can unfortunately confirm that this observation is not an isolated one.

Quote ID: 01758

Author

Jane Healy

Source

Endangered Minds

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